Weeks of rain in northeastern Georgia bring a deluge of all sorts of things--the most shocking being a body found wedged in the ruins of the town dock on the swollen Metoochie River. Being married to the town cop has its advantages when it comes to sleuthing. Soon, town librarian Biscuit McKee is digging up another mystery in her sleepy Southern town of Martinsville. Digging, as it turns out, is the operative word, when the skeletons of seven traveling salesmen are unearthed. The mystery goes back twenty years, but the murderer still lurks in Martinsville, desperate to keep it all buried. Biscuit's feline companion, Marmalade, who makes comments that her humans hear only as purring, has repeatedly warned Biscuit about what curiosity can do to a cat ... and to humans, too. Unfortunately for Biscuit, a desperate killer intends to make that lesson permanent.