Tunney, housekeeper, cooks and cleans for the household. Charlie Gravis is Didi s vet assistant. Young Trent Tucker is the handyman while the exotic Abigail tends the animals tethered on the small farm. Didi is in the throes of realizing that her business is falling off. Winter is really bad, but not usually this bad.
Business is seriously bad.
But there are scratches all over him, and Didi discovers rattlesnake venom in the scratches. This is a perplexing problem and the police finally write it off as accidental death. Didi and her friend Rose decide to investigate, especially after another guest at the auction is killed outright after being shot three times. This cannot be termed accidental death. When young Trent Tucker seems to be involved, Didi declares war against murder.