Shy scientist Mara is sick of Karma blowing off their breakfast dates, although today her stripper roommate has a good excuse: she's just witnessed a murder, and the next body to turn up dead could be hers.
Mara sets off on a rescue mission that turns up a perfume-selling wannabe cowboy, a handsome, enigmatic cop, and the search for the perfect breakfast cocktail.
“Everything you could want in a crime thriller: guys with guns, girls with guns, girls with brains, the perfect breakfast cocktail and just enough marine biology to keep things interesting.”