Postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen has a lot to think about. Things have been cozy with her ex-husband, Fair, while her beloved post office is in danger of being replaced with a modern building. But life is shaffered the day she stumbles over a dead body near the creek. Barry Monteith, a true ladies' man, has left a string of broken hearts behind him. The plot thickens when an autopsy reveals that Barry was infected with rabies weeks before he was killed.

Harry makes a remarkable discovery in the creek that dates back to a woman who disappeared thirty years earlier along with her prized Thoroughbred. As the town wonders if the two cases are linked, another person is found dead of less-than-natural causes. Of course, Mrs. Murphy and her crew are the first to sniff out the truth. But if they can't help Harry figure out the puzzle, she could become the killer's next target--and even Mrs. Murphy's slinkiest moves won't save her……