Crime novelist Michael Connelly revisits one of the most famous murder cases in the history of Los Angeles - the 1981 massacre at Wonderland Avenue - which involved a colorful cast of characters, including a legendary porn star and a drug kingpin.

Scott Thorson tells of building a drug empire in Hollywood in the 1980s, while the crack epidemic in Los Angeles explodes - all before being discovered as the missing puzzle piece to the Wonderland case almost a decade after the murders.