Brilliant ex-pat DI Mackenzie Clarke has fled London amid controversy, returning to the last place she ever wanted to be - her small, coastal hometown of Dolphin Cove in Oz. But when local royalty Stuart Granger washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, Mackenzie must rely on the residents of Dolphin Cove to help her solve the case. It's a pity they all hate her.