In a tiny flat above a Turkish café lives Anna Treadway, a young dresser at the Galaxy Theatre. When the American actress, Iolanthe Green, disappears, the newspapers are wild with speculation. Anna is determined to find out the truth and her search for the missing actress will take her into an England of jazz clubs, backstreet doctors and seaside ghost towns. In order to uncover Iolanthe's secrets, Anna is going to have to face up to a few of her own...