Former actress Tish Yearly is determined to turn an old Orcas Island homestead into the premier wedding venue in the San Juans Islands of Washington, but money, skill and her grandfather, Tobias Yearly, are all standing in her way. Tobias, the septuagenarian ex-CIA agent, wants them to become private investigators. Tish might be able to ignore her grandfather's whims, except that her one time love interest and current friend, handsome Sheriff's Deputy Emmett Nash, was just accused of murdering his ex-wife's boyfriend. Now Tish and Tobias are on the case, and it should be easy-after all, who could really think Nash was a killer?-but the further they investigate, the more people seem to be threatening her life: the police detective on the case, Nash's angry ex-wife, his psychotic ex-girlfriend, and a strangely venomous group of hippies. Almost everyone on the island seems determined to stop her. Tish is swimming against the undertow, but it might not be enough to save either Nash or herself.