Some people just have to stick their nose in other people's business.

Cara Chase is like that. Her husband, Harry, just wants to paint and have a peaceful life.

When his friend, Steve, adopts a parrot from an old lady that has been hurt in a house fire, things soon turn strange when the parrot repeats phrases that seem to indicate the (a) the old lady might be the target of a murder attempt and (b) that she has a secret pile of money.

What links two postcards, a parrot, an old lady, a house on the South Coast and a hidden fortune? 

Harry and his friends are determined to solve the riddle despite the danger that always heads their way.