Researching one's family tree should be easy for a genealogist, right? As El Turner delves into her past, however, she discovers dark tangles of identity even she never imagined. If she's not El Turner, who is she? When a man calling himself her uncle suddenly appears in town and is later found dead, El becomes the prime suspect. Trying to clear her name and uncover her true self are not easy endeavors. And if those issues aren't enough to clutter her mind, someone attempts to kidnap her parrot, newly appointed Chief of Police Alan Poe is monopolizing her daydreams, a rumor of hot diamonds points her way, and a scruffy dog decides to adopt her. Is there a happy ending here?