After her life in the city falls apart, former cop Darby Spencer is forced to return to her childhood home and her estranged, best-selling mystery novelist mother Victoria Spencer. But when Darby's friend Kaia is wrongfully accused of plagiarism, Darby and Victoria must put aside their differences and investigate, uncovering a wide-ranging scandal.

Darby and Victoria investigate stolen intellectual property for a trio of Silicon Valley-style tech developers.