Ladies' man and top stylist Garth Barkley is stabbed to death with his own shears in front of his own customers. <P> But no one saw a thing. <P> Among the customers is Wally Morris, a reluctant sleuth who has cracked two cases in the past, and her mother-in-law, Tillie. <P> The suspects are many: Garth was universally loathed. In his wake, he left too many broken hearts, a wide collection of jilted former fiancés, and three angry ex-wives. <P> While Tillie and her elderly friends at the retirement center attempt to crack the case, Wally desperately juggles her job as a nursery school teacher, planner for her daughter's wedding, and sleuth, helping her future son-in-law, assistant prosecutor Elliot Levine on the murder case. But clues are scarce and eyewitness testimony is confused. <P> In addition to solving the murder, in between calls to the caterer, the florist, and photographer, Wally must uncover the connection behind a series of strange happenings in Tilly's building. With so much on her plate, Wally keeps stumbling onto clues that lead her closer and closer to Garth's killer... and danger.