When fledgling private investigator Abby Faria heads to Peregrine Island in BC's magnificent Desolation Sound for a well-deserved vacation break, she finds herself in the midst of another investigation when logging company magnate Jack Armstrong is found murdered. Abby's nosing around in the eco-politics of the island soon brings her into the midst of a whole cast of curious locals with both motive and opportunity to murder the unpopular Armstrong. Abby's penchant for mixing it up with questionable characters and ignoring legal niceties in the process soon gets her into more trouble than she bargained for . . .