Táto séria sleduje osudy príťažlivej šéfky hasičov, ktorá vo svojom voľnom čase pôsobí ako amatérska detektívka. Dej sa odohráva v malebnom mestečku Corolla v oblasti Outer Banks v Severnej Karolíne. Hrdinka sa s citom pre detail a bystrou mysľou púšťa do riešenia zapeklitých prípadov, ktoré narúšajú pokoj poklidného pobrežného života. Fanúšikovia sa môžu tešiť na napínavé zápletky zasadené do očarujúceho prímorského prostredia.
Colleen McCabe is enjoying an uneventful summer in North Carolina's Outer Banks supervising her firefighters, making rounds with her Border Collie, Sparky, and keeping an eye on the wild horses escaped from the local sanctuary. But when a dead body washes up on shore, she knows trouble has arrived in Corolla.
"In North Carolina's Outer Banks, Fire Chief Colleen McCabe and Sheriff Bill Dorman work together to uncover who is murdering members of a community theatre group and why"--
"Fire Chief Colleen McCabe is enjoying a peaceful start to the tourist season until a tropical storm blows through Corolla and unearths a body buried under a vacation home boardwalk. When callous land developer Denny Custis dies in a suspicious fire, Colleen has a hunch the two deaths are linked"--