It is December of 1941, and in this, the thrilling sequel to "Devil Bat Diary," the author takes his reader on a entertaining roller-coaster ride of suspenseful fantasy as the Chicago Daily Register's resourcefully resilient reporter Johnny Layton and his picture-taking partner "One-Shot" McGuire travel to Hollywood to investigate a series of gruesome murders. Along the way they meet numerous luminaries and experience many one-of-a-kind adventures as well as unimaginable terrors in exotic locations, and Layton even reconnects with a lost love as he tries his best not becoming yet another grim victim himself