Detective Masuto investigates a Hollywood kidnapping that leads to a
shocking conspiracy.
Angel is Hollywood royalty. Her husband, Mike Barton, is one of the
silver screen's most bankable stars, and their marriage has all the
hallmarks of a Beverly Hills fairy tale. But everything about Angel's
past is kept secret, including her real name. When reporters ask why
Mike dubbed her Angel, she says that she must have fallen from heaven.
No one knows where Angel Barton is from, and now no one knows where she
has gone.
When his wife disappears, Barton readily agrees to a million dollar
ransom demanded by her kidnappers, but Zen detective Masao Masuto
doesn't buy his performance. As Masuto pries into the strange kidnapping
case, he finds that Barton might be much more likely to pay to get rid
of his wife than to keep her.