The murder of businessman Paul Weller seems random to everyone—except his girlfriend, Julie Rutledge. Renowned attorney Derek Mitchell, who met Julie under quite unusual circumstances, soon begins to share her doubts. Under suspicion falls Weller’s nephew, Craigton—an expert in film history—who stages scenes from classic thrillers in real life, making the people around him unwilling participants in his bloody reenactments.
Will the mastermind behind Weller’s murder be exposed? Perhaps it will happen at the scene of the next film tragedy Craigton has decided to depict.