After attending a writer's conference, Jessica decides to stay on in New Orleans for a jazz festival. Her friend, music critic Wayne Copley, offers to take her to the festival while he searches for the fabled recordings of a jazz legend. But Jessica's jazz lesson and Wayne's search are cut short whe...

After attending a writer's conference, Jessica decides to stay on in New Orleans for a jazz festival. Her friend, music critic Wayne Copley, offers to take her to the festival while he searches for the fabled recordings of a jazz legend. But Jessica's jazz lesson and Wayne's search are cut short when he turns up dead next to a voodoo queen's grave. When the cops declare his death "accidental", Jessica must prove it was murder.