The life of Frankie Quinn and those around her have changed vastly over the past year, ever since her stepmother, high school teacher Megan Quinn, who happened to be her former English teacher, was convicted of being the serial killer behind what were initially deemed six accidental and unrelated deaths primarily of Megan's associates in their hometown of St. Benedict, MN just outside of the twin cities. That conviction led to three people resigning from the SBPD including Jim Quinn, Frankie's father and Megan's husband, as Chief, his best friend Det. Bill Duncan who was discovered to have been providing Megan with official SBPD information for the serial killer investigation, and Frankie herself who was a forensics specialist and is now heading her own one person private investigation firm. She is now engaged to her high school sweetheart, successful writer Carl Wiseman, who returned to St. Benedict to cover the murder trial of who was his former teacher. At the time, Frankie was in a