It's a steamy September, and business is brisk at Perkatory, the hottest coffee shop in Devil's Beach, Florida. But then the body of the studio next door's owner turns up in a nearby swamp. Between running Perkatory and training Stanley, her golden Shih Tzu puppy, reporter-turned-barista Lana Lewis is too busy to go sleuthing. But when the editor of the local paper asks her to write about the murder, Lana's dreams of getting back into journalism start to percolate. Hunting the caf-fiend who killed the yogi puts Lana and Chief Noah's relationship - and Lana's life - in very hot coffee.