The last thing Joanna Lawrence wishes to do is spend her summer in the United States, even if it is California. Where the lights and glamour may tempt some, she and Professor Brendan Keane find themselves once more facing the side of society kept secure in the shadows. Danger surrounds them constantly, and Keane's old friend, James Harrison, seems to remain in the center of it all. The only question is, what does a high-strung theatre director have to hide? And why is his production of
Pygmalion
turning into a blood-chilling fight between life and death?