The pretty-boy movie star.

The fat producer.

The buxom blackmailer.

The grubby undertaker.

These four people never would have associated with one another runder ordinary circumstances. But they were drawn together in a shady swindle that promised to net a handsome profit.

It was a neat little deal and everything worked out exactly as planned—until private eye Johnny Liddell showed up on the scene.

That was the day the movie star was murdered. He made a pretty corpse. The first of four.