Fifteen-year-old best friends Laurie and Carla can't wait for summer to begin. This year, studious, quiet Laurie vows to be more like the wild reckless Carla. This will be Laurie's summer on the edge. But her attempts to be like Carla are a lot more difficult than she imagines, and when her strict mother discovers that she has been hitchhiking Laurie ends up grounded. As Carla's life spins more and more out of control, Laurie begins to realize the danger of living "the hip life."

Matt Cobb, vice president of a television network, wants to leave the fast-paced media world behind while he vacations in London. But he finds himself in the middle of a highly newsworthy story when he is arrested for murder and jailed immediately after delivering a envelope for a London colleague.

The irrepressible Judge Knott is back, but this time she's the suspect when a man at the International Home Furnishings Market turns up dead with Judge Knott's handbag mysteriously beside him.