Linda La Plante is a famous English writer, screenwriter, and former actress. Of her novels, books about detective Anna Travis are particularly successful...Why, more than half a century after the mysterious death in Los Angeles of an aspiring actress nicknamed Black Orchid, London police detectives Anna Travis and her charismatic boss Jimmy Langton have to delve into all the details of that old case - one of the most notorious and mysterious murders of the 20th century? Will they be able to stop the ruthless and daring maniac? At one time, the killer of the Black Orchid was never found. Will their investigation, by analogy called by journalists the “Red Orchid case,” become a new chapter in the book of famous unsolved crimes? Or will retribution this time overtake the criminal?