After finding husband number two in a precarious position with an attractive young lady, Melva Williams pulls the trigger --- and readily admits to the crime passionnel. To shield her gorgeous daughter from the press and paparazzi, she turns to her longtime friend Archy McNally.

Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered, Archy stands to lose more than his patient fiancee by playing bodyguard. His reputation as a sleuth extraordinaire is at stake. But the holes in the stories of both mother and daughter are too big to ignore. Dangling between love and lust, PBR (Palm Beach Rumor) and PBF (Palm Beach Fact), Archy must find the one person who knows the truth: the deceased's perky playmate. The hunt for the mystery woman is on ...