It's the height of summer tourist season and Glory Martine is busier than ever running her souvenir shop, Southern Treasures. The shop's parrot, Bluebeard, is becoming quite the celebrity among touristslittle do they realize he's the bird-host to a ghost
Residents of Keyhole Bay, Florida, are dismayed when Bridget McKenna, an auditor in chic attire, arrives to assess the local bank's shady dealings. Curious about the new arrival, Glory brings dinner to Bridget at her temporary residencethe notorious Bayvue Estates, a halted development complex with no view and no estates just a couple of hastily-completed model homes .
Bridget's assignment is to figure out where all the money went. But someone wants to keep her in the dark permanently. When Glory finds out her new friend won't be leaving town alive, she knows she and Bluebeard will have to catch a killer and unravel a financial scandal before it leads to more murderous mayhem