Fade Out

the long version

Things are starting to look up for struggling San Francisco private eye Amos McGuffin when he is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of Ben Volper, a maverick Hollywood movie producer. Is it really suicide, or could it be a publicity stunt? Or is it murder? The prospect of meeting Volper's voluptuous wife, screen goddess Jenny Lang, is just one of the perks in a case that takes Amos through the high and low places of Tinseltown.