Detective Nicolo Forgione has had a bad year. The scourge of his own Boston Police Department for outing one of their own, he was told by his doctor that he would die within the year if he didn't take a vacation. So he reluctantly checks into Lawson's Golf Resort on Cape Cod for a relaxing three weeks with his wife. Nothing but sun and golf and good food. Much to the chagrin of his protective wife, he is somehow pulled into solving the mysterious death of the pregnant girlfriend of a famous Hollywood director who returns each year to his summer home to direct live theatre at the local playhouse.