Chloe retreats to a quiet country village where she could be alone to heal her wounds after the breakup of her twelve-year relationship. She is unwillingly drawn into the lives of her somewhat eccentric neighbors and into the middle of a murder mystery when one of her neighbors drops dead before her eyes. She becomes convinced that one of the other neighbors present at the "Fall Fanfare" dinner was the poisoner, and before long is using her research skills as a historian to delve into the history of poisonous plants. Along the way she becomes intrigued with two interesting men and begins to envision a new future.