Fresh off her success in Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill, Nancy heads to New York to visit Mattie Jensen, a soap opera star who is staying at Aunt Eloise's apartment. Mattie's costar, the hunky Rick Arlen, has been receiving death threats, which are now escalating. Rick refuses to take them seriously, even when they start to turn into dangerous acts. Nancy, with Mattie's assistance, decides to get to the bottom of the mystery. Of course, things are not straightforward. There is no shortage of people who bear a grudge against Rick. It is just an issue of finding out who may be homicidal about it. As expected, Nancy's investigation makes her a target of the killer too.