The community Bunko Club on an herb collecting outing, finds the body of a cheerleader near the Guadalupe River. Under the watchful eye or a Texas Ranger, with potential impropriety of the football coach, and a range of suspects with motives, the county sheriff leads a team investigating the death. After sorting through the suspects without definitive leads, the sheriff turns to the Bunko Club ladies to help him corner the suspect. Under the guise of a Bunko Party the suspects appear or are cleared in between trips to the food and snack table.