Librarian Laurie decides that a literary festival is just what Castle Cove needs, but it becomes clear that not everyone with an interest in the town agrees. As the festival gets underway, so do several sinister occurrences: threatening letters, missing manuscripts - and murder... When disreputable crime writer Suzie is sent to the festival, she resolves to blend into the background. But after she bumps into an old adversary and meets a new friend, she is sucked into the centre of a real mystery - one that she is determined to solve.