Kathy Doe, a retired naval officer, works for a US agency in South Florida responsible for solving crime. Kathy meets Sarah Sandling, a University of Miami professor in the College of Medicine while working out at the local gym. Sarah studies plants to determine their medicinal properties. Her recent acquisition of a German shepherd puppy leads her to a run in with Dirk, a businessman who owns a robotics company. Dirk might be involved in more than just a search for the girl with a puppy who almost ran him over on the sidewalk outside the commuter train station. The Miami-Dade County coroner draws Kathy and Sarah into reviewing the cause for multiple deaths. South Florida is full of crazy people and Kathy and Sarah encounter plenty during their investigation. This newly paired team find friendship, a public health problem, infatuation, and death in the Sunshine State.