When $250,000 is found missing from the coffers of a prominent Berkshire institution, they turn to local private eye Tony Rizzuto for help. It's an unusual heist, which is fine with Rizzuto, an unusual detective who does yoga, eats cereal three times a day, and feels bad when he punches out a local strong-arm. The case takes Rizzuto and his loyal sidekick, Cuba, from Stockbridge to Beartown State Forest in Monterey to the not-so-mean streets of Great Barrington.