It is the late 1990s, and world-famous author Barron Docksteder has been murdered in the small rural town of Tryon, NC. His prot g knows the police are blaming the wrong person, but how can he prove it? Is the answer in one of the celebrated writer's numerous notebooks? Accompanied by Docksteder's highly trained guard dog, Doc--a menace to men yet docile to women--the former caf owner embarks on an adventure to the heart of Carnival...