Widowed 67 year old Addle Prentice comes from Georgia to New York City to live with her son, Lindsey, and his wife, Elaine. Her friendship with Kate Barsony, also widowed, and a neighbor in the hotel, leads her into murder, to doubts about her son and no uncertain sidestepping of the police. But Addle and Kate add up the score correctly, get their children in the clear and escape violence safely. Tidy.