Mickey Raymond, a San Francisco court stenographer, travels to Malta for a two-week vacation to find inspiration for her next mystery novel. She inserts herself into the story as the private detective heroine, unaware that her actions will trigger a real-life crime. After purchasing postcards at a souvenir stand, Mickey is mugged and people around her start dying. The local police suspect she's manufacturing a story for her novel and may even be a criminal herself. Determined to uncover the truth, Mickey enlists the help of strangers she trusts, including an American tourist, an investigative reporter, a German travel critic, and an elderly Irish couple. But as she digs deeper, she discovers that not everyone is who they seem.
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An amateur sleuth novelist finds themselves entangled in a global conspiracy after a chance occurrence during a two-week getaway to Malta.