Charley Fairfax--heiress, theatrical producer, newlywed--has every intention of living happily ever after with her tall, dark, and sarcastic husband Jack.

But when Jack is hired to investigate a suspicious death at a San Francisco software company, it quickly becomes clear that high tech has some lowlife elements. The only way Charley knows how to help Jack involves doing something nobody thought she would ever do. Charley needs to get a job.

It might be a problem that Charley learned everything she knows about the workplace from a production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, but that doesn't stop her from going undercover to find a killer. She isn't worried. Faking it has always been her strong suit.

Charley and Jack are starting to get the hang of this marriage thing. If only people would stop talking about babies, introducing them to decorators, and trying to kill them, they might even get to take a honeymoon.