When Poppy moves from complacent retiree to penniless widow in a matter of weeks, the idea of spending her golden years as the largest charity case in Palm Springs renders her speechless. With no real abilities and nothing still left to lose, Poppy uses her obsession with true crime shows to start out a profession as an exclusive eye .

But after opening the Desert Plants Detective Agency with help from her two close friends, Violet and Iris, Poppy realizes that age group brings intelligence, not business-until she about Poppy Harmon Investigates convinces her daughter’s handsome sweetheart, Matt, to pose as the face of the agency. It’s not a long time before Matt’s amazing act snags a customer desperate to retrieve invaluable jewelry burglarized from an ageing actress on the Palm Leaf Retirement Community. Or before Poppy stumbles upon the bloodied body of the victim’s arch rival . . .

In a flash, Poppy’s innocent detective gig is upstaged with a dangerous murder investigation riddled with slimy suspects and unspeakable scandal. As she and her team uncover the reality, Poppy must confront the secrets about her past due husband’s past and quickly catch a killer lurking around the retirement community-even if it means turning her world upside down all over again.