On the list of ways to die, drowning in maple syrup has got to be the worst... Milly Pepper has two loves: solving murder cases, and her pet bunny, Waffle. But life in the small town, Star Lake, Iowa, involves only one of those things-Waffle. The rest of her time is dedicated to running the failing Starlight Cafe?. Still, Milly's determined to make the cafe? a success for the sake of her father's legacy, even though it means setting aside her aspirations to take her detective's test and solve cases in the big city. But when she wakes up one morning and finds her neighbor dead in front of the waffle station, Milly has to choose: investigate the case or lose the cafe? for good. With a not-so-well-meaning sheriff breathing down her neck, Milly's got to watch her step.