Connie Wilson, an attractive and brilliant college professor with a mysterious past, is found murdered in her isolated cottage. Close colleague and amateur sleuth, Lucy Crawford, is determined to bring Connie's killer to justice. Lucy follows a trail of clues that expose Connie's controversial views on school reform and other social issues. Soon a cloud of suspicion surrounds Connie's colleagues, dean, state legislator and the local school board president. Lucy finds her own life in danger as she gets closer to exposing the murderer.