Being the organizer this year of Walden's annual Wild West Days, Samantha has been able to bring former TV star Clint Taylor to town for the event. But when the actor stages an accident for publicity, his stand-in is shot for real, and Samantha must figure out which cowboy from the cast of his old show pulled the trigger.

While engaged in remodeling the bookstore, Samantha and Philby find clues to the murder of a mysterious visitor.