Los Angeles, 1953. In the Night Owl cafe, six people were shot in cold blood by unknown assailants. Three police officers are investigating their deaths: young ambitious Ed Exley, striving to be worthy of the glory of his famous father; ruthless vigilante Bud White, who as a child witnessed the murder of his own mother; and popular television series consultant Jack Vincennes, who supplies information to scandalous magazines. All three are completely different, but they have one thing in common: each of them has dangerous secrets that they carefully guard. Keeping your secrets and finding the killers is incredibly difficult: after all, all three are participants in a game without rules and winners...