Odelia Poole, Hampton Cove's premier reporter and amateur sleuth, has been tapped to play the lead in this summer's production of Bard in the Park. But when her understudy is found murdered, she is forced to take off her acting cap and put her detective's cap back on.

Meanwhile, Odelia's cats face some trouble of their own when Brutus is caught in flagrante delicto with one of cat choir's more frivolous redheads. Harriet is not happy, and suddenly the 'Fab Four' are no more. And when Gran uncovers a plot to target her family, life in the small town suddenly turns very dicey indeed.