Ellen Thatch likes a little friendly competition, but when that competition arrives in the form of a new café nearby, owned by a woman, who rejects Ellen’s overtures of friendship, all bets are off.
As if the new café and its competition aren’t enough to deal with, a new, much larger problem lands in the middle of Ellen’s café. A beloved member of the community drops dead and Ellen becomes suspect #1. Proving her innocence from behind bars will be impossible, so Ellen has to enlist the help of her long-time friends and an old friend who makes a surprise appearance in East Pender. Will they be able to prove her innocence and find the murderer before it’s too late?