It's April in Wild Crabapple, where the past is always present. The Library Board's quiet campaign to raise an endowment through discreet blackmail hits a snag when one of its targets is found dead in the baptistry of the Baptist Church. Before it's over, the town's dirty laundry gets washed clean: the hairdresser boots out her abusive husband; the superintendent of schools accidentally shoots the banker, revealing his illegal kitchen lending operation...