Light-hearted Phoebe Evans of St. Samuel, Georgia has finally started writing her long hoped for novel. Small town, serial killer, handsome detective, beautiful heroine, quirky characters, witty repartee, the story will have the works. While Phoebe is busy inking out her book with loyal canine Jack and clever cats Jilly and Josie by her side, Lt Joe Morgan is working to catch the serial killer murdering women in their town. Joe is also dealing with the disappearance of his wife, Diane, a fellow law enforcement officer last seen leaving a county crime scene five months earlier. No one has seen her since; Joe isn’t sure if she left town on her own or was abducted. Phoebe and Joe's lives run in parallel, never intersecting. But when fate inserts her fickle fingers, their lives brush together in unexpected ways. As Phoebe’s fiction eerily starts to imitate real life she finds herself in the crosshairs of the local killer. And Diane’s mysterious absence brings a new enemy to Joe's doorstep.