On her way to open the bookstore, Tory stumbles on the body of best-selling novelist, Mason Grant, the star attraction at the Canterbury Falls Writer's Conference. Chief of Police, Chess Devon and Inspector Thomas are called in to solve the case. With jealous colleagues, an ex- wife, her lover, and his fiancee, there is no shortage of suspects. When another body is found, the conference director wonders if they have a serial killer in their midst."