Be careful what you wish for—it could lead to murder. Gwen McPhail is teaching kindergarten with her eyes closed, wishing something would happen. Then change roars in on a tidal wave when Vance Jones dies and names her his beneficiary. A stunned Gwen comes to Candle Island to check out her inheritance, but the clannish islanders hate her, the widow calls her "the other woman," and the dead guy who left her the mansion was a creep. Gwen's up to her neck in inconsistencies and can't swallow the "accidental death" line. Her rugged caretaker, Scotty, is protecting her from someone. Is it his cousin, Dot, the bitter widow? The bullied son, Ron, who's hamstrung by his father's will? Or is the murderer Scotty, himself? The truth may kill her, but she's dying to find out.