Bennett Stephens and his wife Kelly take a nice relaxing vacation to her vintage home town. Bennett is a famous actor who plays a detective on a popular crime show called 'M O'. As a killer starts to run ramped through this quiet town Bennett is coursed into solving the case by his thrill seeking wife and her old fling from high school.—Anonymous

The Reluctant Detective revolves around Bennett Stephens, a well-known television actor on a popular Cable-TV crime show. While on vacation, Bennett gets entangled, with the insistence of his wife Kelly, in trying to solve a double homicide. Along the way Bennett meets many friends, foes and colorful characters. Bennett is assisted not only by his wife, but by his new friend Fish, a street wise but gentle hearted gangster, who is also visiting the town on vacation. Bennett must rise to the challenge of trying to crack the case!