In January 1923, twenty-year-old Fritzie Mann left home for a remote cottage by the sea to meet a man whose identity she had revealed to no one. The next morning, the barely clad body of the beautiful and bewitching interpretive dancer washed up on Torrey Pines beach. The investigation revealed a scandalous secret and, possibly, a powerful motive for murder. After a suspect was arrested and charged, an ambitious district attorney battled a high-profile LA private counsel in the most sensational trial in San Diego's history, which was followed avidly across the nation.