Alex Sternbergen, a failed actress, awakens hungover in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to recall the previous evening–and next to her is a dead body. Alex cannot rely entirely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for aid in piecing together the events of the night. Only one ally, solitary ex-policeman Turner Kendall, is capable of assisting her in escaping her situation and locating the genuine killer.