Plot Synopsis

Seattle TV consumer investigative reporter Ruby Herring heads to the mountain resort just outside Seattle where her sister, Charlotte is to be married. With five days until the wedding, they'll have time to reunite with parents Bonnie and John Herring,a retired investigative crime reporter. The resort is also hosting a baking convention, Bakefair, with Bonnie's old friend Sugar Albert now a mega-successful baker and the head of her own business empire, as Bakefair's celebrity guest. When Ruby hears cries for help while hiking the next morning, she responds to find Sugar's niece Megan, desperately trying to free Sugar from a creek, where she is submerged. Ruby helps free Sugar and she and Megan perform CPR to no avail. Homicide detective Jake Killian arrives on the scene, questioning Megan extensively about Sugar, the accident, and whether anyone might have wanted her dead. Ruby realizes that her mom's old friend may have been murdered, and is curious to learn more. Quickly butting heads with Killian, who warns her to keep her distance from his case, Ruby undertakes her own unorthodox investigation. Her willingness to share her findings with Killian takes the edge off their relationship, and before the case is concluded, they are working together. There is no shortage of suspects, all of whom had motive and opportunity. With her sister's wedding fast approaching and Killian convinced he has arrested the killer, Ruby makes a startling revelation that turns the entire investigation around. But in order to bring the murderer to justice, Ruby will have to prove to Killian that he's got the wrong person, and this killer will do whatever it takes to escape justice, even if it means taking another life.