Melissa Mel Addison, an amateur detective, investigates the unthinkable crime, the murder of a mother by her son. When the police are convinced he is guilty, her brothers demand she drop the case. But when she discovers the dead woman's dog is missing, Mel delves into the dark secrets of the woman's past. Forced to uncover the truth alone, Mel searches for the dead woman's small dog in the hope of solving the crime, and to prove her son not guilty. Is the dog alive? As Mel follows the missing dogs trail, she discovers that the elderly woman is not what she seemed. Will the dog lead her to reveal the real murderer or just prove Mel wrong about the son?