Life's hectic enough for a housewife who must survive the politics of a church bazaar and finish the afghan from Hell- without having to entertain house guests as well. So Jane Jeffry isn't exactly thrilled when her old acquaintance Phyllis Wagner arrives with her ill-mannered teenaged son. Phyllis' visit turns out to be a short one- and suburban tongues start wagging.

Who's the killer? Was it her estranged tycoon husband, her smarmy, resentful stepson, or Jane's nosy, evil-tempered neighbor? And who dumped a second corpse in the dumpster at the mall?