Ian Porthos Wallace, that kilt wearing food writer and photographer from Port City, is involved in another murder mystery when he trips over a body on the beach while on his morning walk. When he looks close he realizes it is the body of Brenda Dexter, his neighbor. Ian helps his friend Detective Jim Halstead solve the murder by looking into Brenda's past and by interviewing his quirky neighbors. There is the stripper, the two old ladies who order products from infomercials and the guy who sits on his porch all day in his bathrobe smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. Join Ian for some mystery, suspense, humor and good eating as he tries to solve a mystery and plan a wedding.