Autorská dvojica Renee Patrick je pseudonymom pre manželov Rosemarie a Vince Keanových. Rosemarie je výskumná administrátorka a poetka, zatiaľ čo Vince je scenárista a novinár. Ich spoločné diela tak spájajú rôzne perspektívy a literárne štýly.
1940, Los Angeles. Hollywood's famous gossip columnist, Lorna Whitcomb, has summoned sleuthing duo Lillian Frost and Edith Head to her office. Tipster Glenn Hoyle has been murdered and Lorna's 'leg man' Sam Simcoe is the LAPD's only suspect. Sam is sure Glenn had uncovered an explosive story. Was it just idle gossip, or could it explain his murder?
1939, Los Angeles. Marion Davies, one of Hollywood's leading ladies, has received poison pen letters highlighting an embarrassing event in her past from the mysterious 'Argus'. Lillian Frost and her partner-in-crime Edith Head try to expose the writer before they expose Marion, but are drawn into increasingly dangerous and disturbing territory .