In this next installment of the Mapleton series, reluctant police chief Gordon Hepler has a new boss, and a new challenge. A movie crew shows up in town. What starts out as additional security detail quickly becomes something else when the film producer turns up suspiciously dead. Unable to shake the feeling that something doesn't add up, Gordon follows protocol until the cause of death is determined, against the wishes of the new mayor to let it go. Could this be the end of Chief Hepler's tenure as Mapleton's police chief?

As always, Ms. Odell walks us carefully through the evidence, presenting a list of suspects and potential causes of death. She keeps you wondering to the end whodunit, and then takes it a step further to lead you into her next book with a continuing thread from her last book. Will Gordon be around to watch his top officer uncover a multi-jurisdictional crime spree?