Mercy Givens, feisty genius behind the Givens Detective Agency, is determined to win the San Antonio Chili Chompers Cook-Off Competition Her motivation? To stick it to Marlene Givenchy, reigning Chili Chomper Queen and world-class local diva. Justice, Mercy's long-suffering twin sister and agency partner, has humbler goals: to get through the competition without strangling one or both of the competitors!
When a Cook-Off judge, who also happens to be Marlene's lover, dies after sampling her chili, Marlene and Mercy take center stage as suspects number one and two. Marlene hires the twins to find out who poisoned her chili, but it's not long before she's arrested for the crime. Mercy, frankly, isn't sure whether Marlene is innocent or guilty. But it soon becomes apparent that the twins have taken over first place on the murderer's To-Do list!
Justice and Mercy pull out all the stops to do what they do best find the truth, dodge bullets, and catch a killer!