When the town of Zinnia, Mississippi, hires private detective Sarah Booth Delaney to stop three Wiccan sisters from opening a school, the case is complicated by the death of their landlord and reclusive artist Trevor Musgrove.

Visiting a Jerusalem-inspired garden with the newly pregnant Tinkie, Sarah Booth and Cece stumble upon the body of an underhanded local lawyer before taking the case of a wrongly implicated pharmacist.

Retreating to a weekend spa and cooking school after a romantic disappointment, private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney enjoys watching a spiteful competition for the spa's next spokesperson, until a top contender is poisoned and the leading suspect hires Sarah to clear her name.

When a notorious domestic abuser is found dead, suspicions turn to visiting feminist professor Dr. Alala Diakos who is linked to two similar, previous deaths, and sassy Southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney is tasked with finding the real criminal who may be closer than she thinks.