Tannie Maria is an advice columnist who offers guidance and delicious recipes for a small town newspaper in South Africa. Her life takes an unexpected turn when a correspondent who writes in about her abusive husband is found dead.

Joining forces with a rookie journalist, Maria investigates the murder to try and catch the killer before the police find more victims. But her worlds collide as she begins working through her own mysterious past to solve the case.

Based on Sally Andrew's bestselling "A Tannie Maria Mystery" novels.