Samantha Striker is a law-abiding accountant, a people pleaser, but when her long-time boyfriend breaks up with her for an illogical reason, she realises that she can wait no more for her life to start. Grabbing her calculator and her Barbara Streisand CD collection, she takes off to start a new life in Harper Bay, a picturesque seaside town just north of Sydney. It is not long before she is humiliating herself in front of the local sergeant and embroiled in the murder of the most unlikable man in town.

All she wanted was some excitement, you know, a neat bank reconciliation and maybe a couple of racy tax deductions. But now she needs to solve this murder before she becomes the next victim.

Sergeant William Turner is bored. He came back home to help his sister, giving up his job as a homicide detective in Sydney. Now his days are filled dealing with vandals and angry senior citizens. He wanted some action, something to keep his mind off his crappy life. Then one fateful sunny morning, a routine speeding fine leads him to more adventure than he had bargained for.