Doreen Sizemore, an elderly and opinionated Kentucky woman who does not like to leave her home town in South Shore, Kentucky, is talked into paying a visit to her grown-up niece who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her niece has a special surprise for her after she arrivesa nice, long, soak in the mineral waters of Hot Springs, Arkansas at the historic Buckstaff Bathhouse. Doreen is feeling quite the lady of leisureuntil she discovers that a murder occurred while she was luxuriating in her first spa treatment.