Alex and her colorful cohort of artists at the Creative Workshop are gearing up for their first artist retreat. She's prepared for every eventuality to make sure the week is a success, except, that is, for finding special guest artist Niko dead at the bottom of the cliff at Flat Rock Falls State Park. Alex sees that her business could go down the drain as quickly as rinsing paint from a paintbrush, so she stumbles her way into the investigation, determined to unveil the killer's identity before she loses everything, including her own life.