In this follow-up to the hilarious My Boss is a Serial Killer, a bad boss from Carol Frank's past has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and Carol is at the top of the suspect list. The fact that she might have hatched the murder plot herself does not make things easier for her or for her boyfriend Gus Haglund, nor does the fact that her fingerprints are on the murder weapon!

Carol is your average recently divorced, workaholic young woman, until Detective Gus Haglund comes to her office, questioning her boss about the death of a client. But when Gus and Carol discover a pattern of dead clients, and her boss is suddenly missing, Carol is determined to keep herself from being literally buried in paperwork! A hilarious tale of romantic suspense and office politics.