Cash-strapped PI Valerie Chariot finally lands a job in her new town when rich geese call her to investigate the murder of their gosling, Squiggles.

The bereaved Mr. and Mrs. Underwood receive a shock when they discover Valerie is a fox, but Mr. Underwood is open-minded, and Mrs. Underwood is desperate.

The crime scene only turns up peanuts until Squiggles's funeral becomes more eventful than Valerie had dared hope ...