A.T. Barron and Micklynn Devora, co-owners of the much-in-demand catering establishment known as The Groaning Board, may be as mismatched a team as Smith and Wetzon themselves, but neither one of them would seem to have murderous tendencies. So why are people being poisoned? It's a question Leslie Wetzon has promised to answer, with or without the help of her once more off-again lover Detective Silvestri, but it isn't easy when all her worlds collide and more or less combust. Xenia Smith, her partner in a Wall Street headhunting enterprise, is intent on expanding the business and becoming a Broadway producer and playing matchmaker, all at once. Her new friend, Micklynn, seems to be an alcoholic and may be a murderer, too. The new man in her life is married, and perhaps not to be trusted for other reasons as well. Although she's used to swimming with the Wall Street sharks, this time Wetzon seems to be in over her head.