Los Angeles, 1930s - The young woman looked like an angel as she gazed absently at the heavens through the telescope atop Mt. Wilson. But it was doubtful she saw anything. She appeared to have been dead for hours.

She'd been posed, and lovingly, but why? That was Detective Theo Mathieu's first thought as he observed the victim.

To find the answers, Mathieu would have to trace the victim's past from a small town in Arizona to the mansions of millionaires in Los Angeles, risking his life in pursuit of the truth.

What passions had she aroused? What secrets had she learned? What crimes had she witnessed?

In this thrilling noir tale, the search for truth takes Detective Mathieu through a labyrinth of lies, bigotry, and intrigue in 1930s Los Angeles.