A summer escape to beloved cottage on Shell Isle with cousin Betsy Ross goes wrong for Page Wright. She can’t escape Betsy’s spicy culinary fiascos and the ‘inklings’ she gets when her sleuthing gifts are needed. Her first inkling comes in the form of a la-di-dah woman and seedy looking man writing notes back and forth to each other on a paper napkin. When Page observes a pistol being passed under the table, the sleuthing begins.