Years after Detective James Ross is murdered, his daughter, Lucy, moves back to Arkansas and to Griffin Gate, the Ross family home, to find out who killed him. Her only clues come from an old family video recorder depicting her father's last moments before he was shot. In the process of readying the place for her mom's arrival, and applying her meager sleuthing skills to the crime, she not only uncovers clues to her childhood, but other hidden gems related to her father in the old Victorian house. She realizes Griffin Gate is more than just the family home place, but has harbored secrets not only about her past, but also about her father's murder. Scottish Detective Malcolm Knox has chosen to spend a sabbatical year in Arkansas working with the Diamond Creek Police Department. At his father's request Malcolm chose the town in order to find out who killed his dad's oldest and dearest friend, James Ross. Before Malcolm has even begun his investigation, Ross's beautiful, but aggravating daughter shows up and begins her own search, undermining his. When Lucy becomes the target of someone's malicious pranks, she and Knox must trust each other and work together to discover and stop the killer from closing in on her.