Laura Jensen and Mike O'Malley's neophyte detective agency has their first client, Arnold Hansen, a distraught husband in search of his missing wife, Gwen. She's a fine artist who bears a striking resemblance to Laura, and she frequents the same local woods where Laura and her lifelong TV journalist friend Annie Tyler hike daily with their pups. Adelaide Spencer, a feisty elderly friend of Mike's who lives in those same woods, has noted strange goings-on as of late; the most disturbing is the presence of a mysterious hooded stranger. A tale of mystery, murder and discovery.