Rae's bookstore sees myriad characters inside the stories on its shelves and the customers who purchase them. Rae and her husband, Calvin, run interference between quirky customers and oddball employees while they try to start a family. Best-selling novelist Peter Lochlan (pen name Colson Graves) is back in his hometown to take a break from writing while he patiently awaits the release of his latest thriller. When Rae's employees discover a link between Colson Graves's new novel and a local unsolved murder, gossip spreads rapidly through their small town. And more than one person isn't happy that Colson Graves didn't let sleeping secrets lie. This updated version includes fresh dialogue, staging tips, and cast information from the original production staged at Bookish in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 2024.