When Dolphin Cove local royalty Stuart Granger washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, recently returned expat DI Mackenzie Clarke is thrust onto the case.

Mackenzie smells a rat when local Curtis Faleafa dies of an apparent heart attack at the Dolphin Cove Fun Run. As she tries to shake her bad reputation in town, she learns that Curtis’ wellness influencer partner, Jade, is hiding a lucrative secret.

Things start to look up when Mack gets a job offer and her frosty relationship with Glenn begins to thaw. After Bianca Bailey is found dead in the office at her beauty salon, Mack has to tease out the truth and try to make peace with the past.

An eco-activist is murdered while all the suspects were chained together during a protest.

A game of lawn bowls turns to chaos when a man is killed on the green.