February 1922. Hollywood is young but already mired in scandal. When a leading movie director is murdered Irish-American investigator Tom Collins is called in by studio boss Mack Sennett whose troubled star Mabel Normand is rumoured to be involved. But Normand has gone missing. And as Collins discovers there's a growing list of suspects. His quest leads him through the brutal heart of Prohibition-era Los Angeles from speakeasies and dope dens to the studios and salons of Hollywood's fabulously wealthy movie elite and to a secret so explosive it must be kept silent at any cost …