After her boyfriend leaves her, twenty-something Scarlett Gardner tries to keep the Palm Trees and Page Turners bookshop in Southern California afloat with her only employee, Evelyn Maxwell. Then a customer is found dead and it turns out she left a small fortune to Scarlett. Now Evelyn's husband, police detective Steve Maxwell of the Oceanside Police, believes Scarlett is a prime suspect. To clear her name, Scarlett must find out just how she is connected to the victim.