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.
With their first tough case wrapped up, private investigators Laura Jensen and Mike O'Malley are on a celebratory fishing trip when Laura literally hooks evidence that puts them on the trail of explosives, international spy rings and a plot to steal one of the pride and joys of the United States Air Force. Fanning out from their Connecticut town, the team is joined by local and state police and the FBI as they race to thwart a national disaster.