Two proprietors of a Shakespeare-based book and gift shop receive a communication from Shakespeare himself, now a ghostly spirit, but still as soulful and literary as always. Shakespeare's ghost has arrived, not only because he is celebrated in this little shop, but because he has sensed that a murder has been committed in his name. He teams up with the awe-struck bookshop owners to get to the bottom of the mystery. In the process of detecting, they unmassk a murderer and become friends.