Sassy newspaper columnist, Kate Lambrose receives a cryptic poem asking her to locate a missing person. She discovers the mystery to be the perfect distraction from her grief over the loss of her husband who isn't dead, but gay. While Kate juggles her teenage daughter's angst over her father's revelation, surprise visits from family, and keeping her at-arms-length boyfriend at arm's length, she unriddles the cryptic poem and discovers a 40-year-old murder. Unknowingly, she befriends the killer who makes her the next target.