A movie production crew has come to the coastal community of Tinkerstown, but before the first scenesare shot, two murders have been committed.Although the MOs are quite different--the first by poison and the second by stabbing--Sheriff Donaldsonfollows his gut and doggedly searches for any possibleconnection between the two deaths.Meanwhile, Sylvia Avery and her band of local friendsfollow leads that take them from the fishing docks to the nursing home, and from the locals' favorite watering hole to the boardwalk along the beach.A public altercation the morning of the first murder and a decades old grudge behind the second death is brought to light, but who's got the strongest motive, means, and opportunity? Is one person behind both deaths, or are they merely an unrelated coincidence?