Neale Campbell is working at a car lot in late 1940s Los Angeles when the boss’s wife walks in looking for her husband. She’s as sweet and lonely and vulnerable as she is beautiful, and in no time at all, former Lieutenant Neale Campbell is set on freeing her from the loveless marriage she was tricked into accepting. But when he learns a secret more shocking than anything he experienced during the campaign in Europe, the only way out may be the .45 he brought back from the war. This nod to the spicy pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s is merged with the ambiance of 1940s films for a delicious but old-fashioned noir cocktail. The readjustment to post-war civilian life for soldiers who formed bonds that make normal life seem small hangs over the fast-moving and involving narrative like a San Francisco fog. Filled with colorful and memorable characters and romantic longing, this old-fashioned noir is interspersed with moments of tenderness and psychological understanding, for a unique and nostalgic experience.