However, Bepo's easygoing routine life is about to be seriously interrupted. Back in the U.S., his father, a émigré he has never met, has died and left him a fortune. He has, also left a very young, very greedy, and very adulterous widow. She has no intention of handing Bepo the money and dispatches hitmen to find and eliminate him.

Also on her way to Brac is Elizabeth, the beautiful young attorney assigned to award Bepo the money. Not surprisingly, Elizabeth brings
her own agenda and is eager to find the lucky heir for less than legal
reasons.

All parties get more than they bargained for upon arrival in the village of Bol on Brac. First, there's the problem of identity, as Bepo Stambuk is a very common name in Bol, providing more targets than the two inept hitmen can decipher. Then, there's the village itself. Everyone knows everyone and there's little that goes on unnoticed and commented on. Finally, there's Bepo himself; more charming and resilient than anyone had anticipated.

Further complicating matters is the fact that one of the hit men, Lou, is a native of Croatia. This assignment has brought him back to a place he'd escaped 15 years earlier with a murder rap on his head. He winds up pursuer and pursued, as his more devious partner, Sal, suffers from allergies - to violence.

Elizabeth tries to remain aloof but finds herself drawn more and more to the handsome Bepo while he in return is intrigued by her seeming indifference to him. The arrival of his father's widow with her bodyguard-lover brings the chase to a hilarious climax involving lovers, killers, and the entire village of Bol.