Preston (Press) Barclay wants to go on teaching history. Unfortunately, he and Mara Thorn, a headstrong Wiccan professor of comparative religions, stumble across the dead body of a colleague. Jointly accused, Mara and Press team up to find the murderer before the police can build a case against them. Can this ill-matched pair prevail against the police, the murderer, and-even worse-the college administration?