Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives, Joe Kellermann and his partner, Mike Rodriguez, are drawn into a baffling case, when top Hollywood television producer, Jonathan Barry vanishes without a trace. As the story unfolds, the detectives soon become enmeshed in a web of lust, passion, betrayal and murder-for-hire. Evidence soon leads to nightclub owner, Tony Caruso, who is the alleged connection between the two hired killers and Barrys wife, Diane. Police are shocked when Caruso himself is found dead in his Hollywood Hills home. Was it suicide or homicide? This is a story of violence, blackmail and murder. A taut, fast-moving tale that probes the sordid and seamy comers of the City of Angels—a city on the dark side of the sun.