The recently divorced Joni Ferguson (Parker) and her 15-year-old son Zac (Green) relocate to the Blue Mountains, where Joni has bought a run-down house and decides to open a bed and breakfast. Six months on, the local doctor (McFarlane) is found dead in his home, and the police, along with precocious Zac, try to find out what happened to him. When the police start to question Joni about the murder, Zac tries to clear her name.