When the owner of the Bully Pulpit Diner decided to stop letting servers accept tips, he figured the raise he gave them would keep them happy.

Apparently not, because waiters Marti and Nick found his body on the diner floor. Or were some of his other hobbies what got poor Ben Addison killed?

Police Chief Elizabeth Friedman tries to figure out why cash changed hands for items besides food and Medical Examiner Skelly would like to help the chief with more than crime-solving. But it's the local fraternity that gives Elizabeth the most trouble. On top of the Sweathog Agricultural College frat, she deals with customers who seem to know nothing, wacky town residents, and a thief who must have really wanted something from Ben.

One of them keeps a good secret.