Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a nurse at a suspicious rest home on the coast of Maine, Stoner finds herself an inmate, trapped in the clutches of the evil psychiatrist Dr. Millicent Tunes. Can Gwen and Aunt Hermione charge to the rescue before it's too late?

"Nasty notes, scrambled scripts and faulty fixtures plague a women's theater company. Are their lives in danger from a malicious outsider or is one of the audacious women in the troupe the villain? The producer, also the owner of the secluded women's inn where the company is in residence, begs Stoner to investigate these bizarre threats. Meanwhile Stoner feels Gwen is being seduced away from her. Can she bring Gwen back to her senses before everything...