Jonathan Penwyck longed for a better life and a better boss, unlike his present tormentor, Mrs. Brumble, who constantly belittles him at every opportunity. In anticipation of his vacation, he decides to tolerate the cantankerous head librarian, planning to seek employment elsewhere upon his return to the Willington Library. While on that much needed vacation at the White Rock Hills Sunset Resort & Spa in Maine, he encounters the sensous resort owner, Suzanne Morgan, with more on her mind than a casual acquaintance, but she would prove to be the least of his worries when several people are found brutally murdered. Shadowed by Detective Manfred, a local detective assigned to solve the murders, Jonathan and Suzanne do a little investigating of their own, convinced the murders were executed by werewolves.