Although Mayor Cora Mae Bingham planned a peaceful summer of self-improvement while ensuring all the sidewalks in Spicetown were in tip-top shape, the new Farmer's Market presented special challenges that required her attention.

With her friend, Mavis Bell, embarking on a busy retirement plan; the original Farmer's Market manager becoming a celebrity; and Police Chief Conrad Harris testing out a second career in teaching, Cora was focusing on others taking on a little more responsibility until an unidentified body turned up in Red River and mysterious guests started breaking into empty houses for sale in Spicetown.

Instead of a peaceful summer, Cora had to keep both eyes on the suspicious activity surrounding the new Farmers Market management and the neighboring towns to figure out how it was all connected.