When Shelby Witherspoon, editor of "Gnome And Garden," magazine is gifted a wooden gnome to use in her next issue, by the eccentric Mrs. Ivers, owner of "Iver's Antiques," she is more than thrilled. An avid collector and lover of gnomes, Shelby cannot wait to get started on the new issue of her magazine using her newfound gnome on the cover...Until, strange things begin to happen and bizarre murders befall the small borough of Streusaltown, New Jersey. Which leaves the question: Is there Gnome Way Out?