What would you do if your former best friend, the one who had eloped with your fiancé, asked you to take a Deadly Gamble? Albuquerque accountant Charlie Parker doesn't want to be an investigator. She's a partner with her brother in a private investigation firm, but she's only supposed to handle the financial matters. But Stacy North needs to locate her missing Rolex watch, and Charlie agrees to help. It turns out that Stacy was seeing another man, and when that man is found murdered, things really heat up. Stacy is accused of the murder and Charlie feel she must try to find the real killer.