When the wife of ""the nicest guy in town"" is poisoned at a party and a blackmailer is strangled and thrust into a drawer of the Thrift Shop, the village of Wingate, Connecticut, buzzes over a jampot of scandal. Lively widow Lucy, mistress of fine cuisine, is the sleuthing civilian counterpart of divorced Inspector McDougal, who likes to eat well. It should satisfy Miss Dolson's teatable and coffee shoppe following.