Just one year later, Margaret is coming into her own as a detective, after leaving her marriage and Kerrisdale manor house for bustling and trendy Kitsilano with Southby her sleuthing partner and now lover. To escape the disapproval and pressure from her exhusband and children, she heads for lush scenery and a peaceful vacation in the Cariboo. Instead she finds violence, betrayal and a missing person, along with a host of new and questionable characters.