For Polly Morton, life on the Oregon coast with her husband Stan is an endless series of ups and downs-mostly downs. She's turning forty, and she plans to celebrate in style, with Stan and a night on the town. If only she hadn't snacked from that beautifully packaged box of chocolate truffles someone left at her front door, then Stan might still be alive, not dead in his cedar recliner on the back deck. Soon Polly's not-so-happy birthday spirals toward total mayhem, and it's up to her to untangle the mess Stan created and flush out a killer.