Aurora Teagardenโs post-college days when she finds herself back home in Lawrenceton. While her mother, Aida, struggles to keep her newfound real estate business, Aurora supports herself by working as a teacherโs assistant in a crime fiction class, and waitresses at the local diner at night, where she shares her love of researching true crime with her friend Sally and police officer Arthur. When Sallyโs fiancรฉ doesnโt show up at their wedding rehearsal, Maid of Honor Aurora gets Arthur to help her search for him. When they discover a body, everyone assumes it is Sallyโs tardy groom, but when it turns out to be someone else, Sallyโs fiancรฉ becomes the main suspect.