Former lover and media bigwig, Chase Prescott, calls on Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins (known as Henrie-O) to try and find out who has tried to kill him. He invites Henrie-O and all the suspects to his private island off the coast of South Carolina and there, with a hurricane threatening, Henrie-O must try and find out the truth. Among the possiblities are Chase's lawyer, his sons, his third wife and his second wife's sister. Then there are two murders...