When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Coles Disney-deco office shes lost something very valuable - her husband and young son. The case seems simple enough but Elvis isnt thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner and firepower Joe Pike. Their search down the seamy side of Hollywoods studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs and sex - and murder. Now the case is getting interesting but its also turned ugly. Because everybody from cops to starlets to crooks has declared war on Ellen and Elvis.