Summer isn't the only thing heating up in Blackstone Bay, and Maddie Graves and Nick Winters are struggling to deal with both the weather and another murder. While out for a run with her friend Christy, Maddie stumbles upon a ghost near a local lighthouse. When Nick and Maddie go back to check the scene, they find an abandoned body belonging to a missing mother. While and Maddie and Nick are determined to solve the murder - and put a tortured soul to rest - the rest of the town is focused on something much more important: the senior beauty pageant. Maude Graves and Harriet Proctor are going head-to-head in Blackstone Bay's version of a popularity contest, and the town is a virtual shooting gallery as they work against each other to gain allies. Maddie's attention is diverted by the murdered women's daughter, a lost soul in her own right, and her grandmother's constant antics. Between Maude and her new friend - and the danger lurking around every corner trying to stop Maddie from discovering the truth - mayhem is the name of the game. Can Maddie survive another close call or will Nick lose the one thing he's ever truly loved?