A wealthy widow, heiress to a fortune from Florida oranges, is poisoned-KGB style. The shocking crime sets tongues wagging in a small town on the Gulf Coast shores of the Florida Panhandle. Police detective Joe Phillips and his wife Maryanne, a bank trust officer, follow the money trail while probing the motives of a dysfunctional family and their prominent local lawyer-each of whom is desperate for money. Deep past history comes into play as the duo discover an an outcome that is utterly horrendous