When you make a game of murder, be careful who the players are...

Who could resist the mock-murder weekend at the charming Mimosa Inn--certainly not bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy, who decides to bring her petulant daughter Caron along for some detecting. As the guests settle in for a weekend of sleuthing, dressed as their favorite literary detectives, many a Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot stand poised to solve a murder. But fiction becomes alarmingly real, as the mock murder victim isn't just playing dead- he's really been bashed to death. More determined than ever to find the killer, Claire combs the grounds of the lovely Inn for the most uninvited guest.