The dog days of summer have come to the quaint little town of Serenity. As temperatures rise, somebody's temper erupts into cold-blooded murder! Brandy Borne is pretty sure her "charmingly eccentric" mother didn't kill that viperous busybody Connie Grimes. Sure, the two women had a little scuffle the day before. And then there's her guilty plea. Now a very pregnant Brandy must sort through a passel of suspects to find the real killer.