Heartland Mysteries

Logline

Private investigator, Francesca "Frankie" Quinn finds her fiancé murdered and comes together with her ex, detective Wynton Rousseau, to unmask the sinister killer behind a serpentine plot, and fall for each other once again in the process.

Synopsis

A murder has taken place in St. Bendict, Minnesota. The dead man is novelist Carl Wiseman, the fiancé of private investigator, Francesca "Frankie" Quinn who found the body. The detective assigned to the case is Wynton Rousseau, who happens to be Frankie’s ex. At first glance, Frankie and Wyn would seem as different as two people can be. Frankie appears sweet, approachable, easy to talk to — the last person anyone would think of being a private investigator. People underestimate her, which she uses to her advantage. By contrast, Wyn at first seems stoic and stolid — as you would expect a cop to be. But within this straight-faced exterior, he hides a quizzical mind. A powerful intellect is something Frankie and Wyn have very much in common. So it’s no surprise that they were once a couple and very much in love. But things ended badly. She left her forensics job with the St. Benedict PD. Became a private investigator. She eventually got engaged to Carl. Frankie is letting Wyn handle Carl’s murder investigation. But after a week of no progress, Carl’s sister hires Frankie to find out who killed her brother. Suspects include Carl’s rich heiress of an ex-wife, the agent he was going to fire, and the protegé who may have taken hero worship too far. Ultimately, circumstances force Frankie and Wyn to join forces to unravel a serpentine plot and unmask a sinister killer — that strikes at the heart of Frankie and Wyn.