For Polly Morton, life on the Oregon coast with her husband Stan is an endless series of ups and downs-mostly downs. She's turning forty, and she plans to celebrate in style, with Stan and a night on the town. If only she hadn't snacked from that beautifully packaged box of chocolate truffles someone left at her front door, then Stan might still be alive, t dead in his cedar recliner on the back deck. Soon Polly's t-so-happy birthday spirals toward total mayhem, and it's up to her to untangle the mess Stan created and flush out a killer.