Who is burning the quaint shops of Chesapeake Bay tourist village, St. Michaels, Maryland? Writer, Cedar Jace, moves to St. Michaels just as her friend's crab shack is burnt, the fourth in a series of Talbot Street arsons. When Cedar finds the Fire Chief's wife dead in an ice cream shop fire, her life is on the line. She fights back by starting "The St. Michaels News" and teaming up with Tilghman native, Private Investigator, Erich McKnight. Are they a match for the St. Michaels Fire Bug? Will St. Micahels ever return to their quiet, waterside lifestyle?