After a terrible tragedy occurs during Brooke and Jay's wedding ceremony, Emily finds herself investigating whether this was truly an accident, or something more sinister.
With Jay in the hospital clinging to life, Emily and Sam must untangle his many dysfunctional relationships, including his two ex-wives, and his long suffering brother, in order to find the killer among them.
Emily and Sam escort Violet to Middlebridge University for a campus visit, only for Violet to become accidentally embroiled in her own mystery, when a young man falls to his death on the day of their arrival.
After her disastrous meeting with a Professor who will soon decide her future, Violet finds herself separated from Emily and Sam, in the crosshairs of a possible killer.
While working on a float for the Christmas Parade, Emily finds herself hiding out from a figure from her past, while helping Sam investigate the murder of the parade's biggest attraction: Santa Claus.
Emily finds herself working for a local mobster, as the hunt for Santa's murderer leads to a rogue's gallery of suspects, including an accused black widow killer, and a rival figure in the world of organized crime.