Inspectors Bishop and Cole uncover disparate pieces of evidence -- a flowering hydrangea plant, a severed human finger with attached compass ring, a cellular phone, a gold locket and the victim's body -- they attempt to solve the homicide of a beautiful young pharmacist. Meanwhile, Cole continues to struggle with the memories and grief of his own wife's unsolved murder.
As Inspectors Bishop and Cole unravel the mysteries set before them, and Dr. Sol Goldman lends his scientific expertise, they discover the evidence presented at the beginning, and will find that the crime, like the evidence itself, is never what it seems. The weekly mystery also follows the close ties of Cole and Bishop, friends for so many years and with so much depth, history and humor that they act like an old married couple.