Jo Durbin, an embedded reporter, covers the reenactment of America's forgotten War of 1812, on Chesapeake Bay. Should be a piece of cake. Plenty of action, faux dead bodies, pretend battles, a weeping widow, even the everyday lives of the RVers (Workampers who work at the event) and the activities of their children-all fodder for her pen. Except-there's a real body, forgotten in the grass. As the victim's checkered past emerges, suspects multiply, including the police themselves, a couple of the reenactors, and even the mayor. Jo's young friend might be involved-if not as the killer, then as one being protected by others. When children are endangered, Jo follows a figment of her imagination to find the killer, despite any help or hindrance from her sister, a friend, and the man who wants to be more than a friend.