Ex-police detective David Dean, his new wife and stepfather have just opened Bird Song, a bed and breakfast in beautiful Ouray, Colorado. When their first guest turns up dead, and the second fears she may be next, the trio becomes unwittingly involved in a bizarre search for a reluctant heir while trying to remain a step ahead of their bevy of guests -- each with an entirely different agenda! Follow the Deans and inimitable Fred O'Conner as they sort through lawyers, Wall Street finance, the Internet, and the pristine forest and mountains of Western Colorado in search of the answers -- and a determined killer.