An antiques gallery owner crashes his car after seeing a shadowy figure at his backseat. Daniel rules the crash a result of a hallucination, but is forced to reconsider when another victim falls prey to the shadowy figure. Thursday and Daniel discover that the victims all have something in common: They once had possession of an antique - a cursed pocket watch.

There is a surge in strange rape cases around Singapore. Victims say the rapist is covered in a strange dark oil, and investigations reveal that there were no signs of forced entry in the victims' homes. All of these point to the work of a supernatural being in folklore… the Orang Minyak.

A severed limb is found at sea and Daniel is sent to investigate the strange appearance of a ghost ship. Meanwhile, Thursday concentrates on school work and her mother's old office. She gets on the case when she becomes Daniel's only point of contact out at sea.