When folk icon Annie Temple is found dead in the pool at Twin Springs, a chic artist retreat and recording studio run by a wannabe star and his moneyed wife, Alice gets a peek into the cowboy-poet dreams behind the music. In a world where shotgun-toting ranchers mingle with art-obsessed singer-songwriters and other quirky characters, the small-town lawyer unravels the mystery of bad-boy singer Blanton Geddes's latest disappearance as she fights to clear up-and-coming artist Tessa McElroy of murder.