Nothing bad ever happens in Ponderosa Pines…until someone turns up dead. When two meddling brothers try to strip the hippie commune-turned planned community of its eclectic charm, town matriarch EV Torrence vows to put a stop to their underhanded plot. After one brother is murdered, EV becomes the prime suspect, and must pair up with her best friend, anonymous town gossip columnist Chloe LaRue, to find the real killer.