 Twenty-seven years ago, somebody had hired one Joe Fallon to murder Tom Sanford, the husband of silent movie star Mavis Gayle. But Joe had muffed the job. Now that somebody had turned killer himself. His first victim, Tom Sanford, who'd been going under the name of Barney Slade and running a penny arcade in Ocean Park. The second, Jarvis Pocket, who could have helped us spot the killer. The only two others who might help us were actor Francis Trevelyan and actor's agent, Milo Martin.