In the quiet Louisiana town of Turnberry, the circus rolls into the annual Berry Festival. Turnberrians are delighted to engage in the merriment that visits them only one week out of the year. But all the smiles and good times hit a brick wall when a town's resident is murdered. The citizens of the bayou turn to Officers Lucious Wickers and Cassius Dawson to unmask the villain behind the killing. When faced with the fortune teller, however, they discover dark secrets shrouding the common people of the swamp. Troubling Lucious Wickers on his journey to reveal the murderer, Madame Lucy remains an eerie suspect throughout the case. In the end, will she prove to be a helpful asset or be the killer herself?