Reunited with his English war bride, Sybil, after two years, Tim takes her back to the USA with him - but where to live, in the middle of the post-World War II housing crisis? They meet a friend of Sybil's deceased father, who promises to help. Next thing they know, the New Jersey chapter of the British-American War Brides Improvement Association arranges accommodation for them in the isolated coastal community of Merry Point. Here they meet their curmudgeonly landlord and an inept handyman. Then Sybil finds a body on the pier...