Libby Keating longs to be close to her twin, Tori, but they are so different--different standards, different goals, different life styles. Forced to share Aunt Stella's old Philadelphia row house in order to receive their inheritance, Libby hopes for a change, but it doesn't look good.

First there's the dead body on the front stoop with a note addressed to TORI on his chest. Then there's Tori's attempts to steal the affection of Chloe, Libby's thirteen year old daughter. But there is one bright spot in the person of yummy Drew Canfield, a Ben Franklin scholar who lives on their block. As Libby tries to act faithfully, she must also deal with stolen jewelry and a botched kidnapping. The answers to her problems lie in the riddles of the crosswords addressed to Tori--if she can solve the puzzles before it's too late.