What could be sweeter than working at a donut shop? Hailey Hart is convinced her newest job placement will work out—at least for a little while. But the dead body discovered in the donut shop has other plans for her.

Hailey winds up in the midst of yet another murder investigation, this time of a former Rockland police officer. Detective Bilson is determined to catch his former colleague's killer. Especially since the killer went to great lengths to make the death look like a simple heart attack.

But Charlie Hughes was on the hit lists of several ex-cons he put away for various crimes. Will Hailey be able to figure out which one of them if any is responsible for the murder?