When life gets crazy for Fran Lightfoot, she moves home to the small town of Moose Creek, Wyoming, teenage daughter in tow. It sounds good: Hometown. Family. A fresh future.
Fran and her sister Lucy open a small business, The Saucy Lucy Café, in an old Victorian home they have inherited. The soups, stews, breads, and muffins they serve offer townspeople hearty, home-cooked meals.
While rebuilding her life, Fran begins dating Henry Whitehead. However, after their first outing, she finds him stabbed to death. The incident upsets everyone in Moose Creek, especially when people realize a murderer now walks the streets.
Detective Gabe Stevenson is called in from a larger, neighboring city to assist Moose Creeks Sheriff Otis Parnell with the investigation. Fran and Lucy develop theories about who the culprit may be, however, Gabe and Otis urge the sisters not to get involved.
At first, the police suspect Fran of Henrys murder, although she insists that she had nothing to do with it. When someone begins to threaten Frans life, she and Lucy are determined to help law enforcement bring the murderer to justice.
Even if it means putting themselves in harms way.