"As the widow of a revered Millersburg College alumnus and one of the school's biggest donors, Juliet Favor has immense wealth that empowers her acquisition of whatever, and whomever, she wants. When Juliet is murdered the night before she is slated to sign a new will, one that would prove unfavourable to both the college and her two children, Sheriff Bruce Robertson faces no shortage of suspects. Professor Michael Branden and Pastor Caleb Troyer fear that Martha Lehman, Sonny's Mennonite girlfriend, holds the key."