When a distraught father breaks past security to beg for her help, Los Angelos Times reporter Eve Diamond can't refuse. His daughter, caught up in the rough "squatter" lifestyle, is missing--and Eve, sensing a scopp, wants to know why a privileged teen from Pasadena would hook up with the dregs of Hollywood. When the girl is found dead, Eve suspects there is more going on than the tragic death of a rebellious youth.

The search for answers will take Eve from the street world of drugs and sex to the uppper echelon of LA society-- who don't appreciate her digging up the dirt. Even as Eve fights against the powers-that-be who want her off the story, she finds herself mixing business and pleasure when she's irresistibly drawn to the brooding son of a Mexican music titan. For it is in his world--and in the intricate sugar skulls that mark the Mexican "Day of the Dead"--that Eve may find the key to unmaksing a killer...