Bobby Owens, the hated manager, frequently drunk and abusive to his wife and some of the residents, ends up a dead duck after the book club women plot his murder.
Enter Andy Keller, summoned by her old friend and current Wildwood resident, Eloise Logan, a self-proclaimed spy. Andy is happy to help her friend but is startled by the hostility she encounters when she arrives at Wildwood. The homeowners, she finds, not only suspect she's come to accuse them of murder but also to shut down their drug business.