Avery & Derek hope for a quick turnaround and some extra money when they fix up a condo in Waterfield, Maine. But they didn't expect to have their every move watched by the resident busbody, Hilda Shaw.

For Avery and her husband, Derek, renovating the Craftsman bungalow was like stepping back in time. The quaint old home was just as its original owners had left it. In a discretely hidden antique crate in the attic, Avery finds a clue to a decades-old missing persons case. As Avery works on the house ansd delves deeper into the sinister story, it becomes clear that someone wants the old home's secrets to stay that way.

Avery and her hunky handyman boyfriend are renovating a house belonging to a local news anchor who's thrilled to be filmed as part of a home renovation show. But cable television fame proves fleeting when the man is murdered and Avery faces the task of nailing the killer.