It's been a busy summer and Jessica gets re-acquainted with old friends including renowned artist Simon Thane and his wife, Eleanor. Jessica has dinner with them and several other guests including his art dealer, Felix Casslaw, and his lawyer, George Selby, who is there with his wife, Carol. The Thanes announce that they will be going to Europe on a second honeymoon and everyone seems happy. When Simon is found dead the next day, stabbed in the chest, the culprit appears to be Irene Rutledge, a hard working single mom who worked for the Thanes. Jessica isn't so sure and sets out to find the real killer. Sheriff Amos Tupper, meanwhile, takes Irene's son, Tommy, under his wing but it seems that the good Sheriff has been telling him a few tall tales.
—garykmcd