McNulty's Meats one of Stonebridge's oldest businesses is about to be taken over in a lucrative deal that would make brothers Ron and Kevin very rich men indeed. Unfortunately for them local activist Tyler Love has other ideas. Convinced that the deal would be bad for the town he burns the business to the ground and inadvertently kills himself in the process. As least that's what the police think. Tyler's mum disagrees and pleads with amateur sleuths Adam and Colin to investigate. Although going up against the psychopathic McNulty brothers a rival businessman a group of hippies and a girlfriend with secrets of her own might not be such a good idea. . .Someone has something to hide and will go to great lengths to keep that secret buried.

Part of the Stonebridge Mystery series.