Athena has invited Case Donnelly, recently relocated from Pittsburgh and awaiting his PI license, to accompany her to a Save Our Dunes fundraiser and art festival. And her date proves helpful when the body of a disgraced photographer turns up during a nature walk. The crime - and the photos taken by the dead man - raises a lot of questions about local politics, environmental battles, and the victim's womanizing ways. Athena and Case try to find the tangled roots of this murder and make sure there's no sanctuary for a killer.