Patricia Schuster acquires both independence and furniture polish after inheriting her grandmother's house and antique business.

Her new life in the Northern California town of Lakeville is in jeopardy, however, when she is falsely arrested for stealing a rare 1950's Cadillac and is blackmailed by Jimmy, a toothpick-wielding used-car salesman.

When the real car thief ends up dead, she turns to her grandmother's friends—four women in their golden years who play fast and loose with the law.

But how far over the line will Patricia have to go to find a killer and clear her name?