An ambitious reporter...
Shannon Ames is determined to get out of Vista Verde, Florida, as soon as possible and make her name as a serious investigative journalist instead of covering flower shows and church suppers.

A burned-out detective...
Vista Verde's new police chief, Ben Carver, has come to this sleepy beach community to escape the violence in the big city and to deal with the guilt that plagues him. Surely the worst crimes he'll have to deal with here are shoplifting and failure to obey the 'no littering' signs.

The town's crime of the century...
Vista Verde's first murder in years causes Ben and Shannon to clash until another body is discovered Shannon discovers she has a connection to both victims.

Forming an uneasy truce, Ben and Shannon work together to put the clues together which will hopefully lead them to the killer before Shannon becomes the next victim.