1930s California provides the setting for the story of Adelaide Blake\'s attempt to begin anew in a Californian resort town after a stay in a private sanatorium, which quickly becomes a descent into the murder-prone underbelly of the town\'s vacationing Hollywood elite.. 1930s California provides the setting for the story of Adelaide Blake\'s attempt to begin anew in a Californian resort town after a stay in a private sanatorium, which quickly becomes a descent into the murder-prone underbelly of the town\'s vacationing Hollywood elite.