Undercover investigator Lydia Ellen Parsons hasn't been home to Shoreditch Plains in years-thirteen years, to be exact. But a mysterious and threatening note arrives along with the invitation to her sister's wedding, telling her that now might be the time to go home. Along with her two partners, the quiet former detective, Beauregard "Beau" Theodosius Jenkins III, and the obnoxious Robert "Bo" Parker, a former Marine, she finally returns to her hometown. Just as LP and her cohorts arrive, the future in-laws of the bride decide to take over the Parson family and gain control over their sphere of influence, prompting her grandfather to hire LP and her partners to investigate.
In the chaotic world of the Parson Compound, LP forgets to mention to her friends that her family is anything but average-they're a mafia family.