Todd Pickett is one of the most famous actors in America, but he is no longer that young, and the film industry is a fickle thing. A plastic surgery procedure could improve his situation—the one he eventually agrees to. Todd’s agent, Maxine, arranges an old Hollywood mansion called the Canyon of Cold Hearts, where he can hide from the “yellow press” reporters and the prying curiosity of annoying fans until the traces of the operation heal completely… Once, in the very early days of Hollywood’s rise, the mansion belonged to a silent-film star. Now it is considered empty. But in the very first day of being there, Todd realizes that his former owner hasn’t gone anywhere and that the ghosts of her past still hover over the Canyon…