Set in rural Maine's Baxter State Park, Katahdin Drowning is complete with murder, secrets, and love triangles. It is in the park that amateur sleuth and librarian Jessie Tyler - a curious, smart, and strong-willed heroine with a tragic past - finds a body floating in Katahdin Stream. To the dismay of the police, Jessie becomes involved - and eventually discloses the solution to the case.