Susan Berman grew up in Las Vegas luxury as the daughter of Davie Berman, casino mogul and notorious mafia leader. Her life took a turn when Kathie, the wife of her friend, Robert Durst, disappeared. The DA was about to question Susan about what she knew regarding a phone call Kathie made to her school the day after she vanished. But then Susan, too, was found dead.
The book covers what led to Durst's capture, when police records placed him in California at the time of Berman's murder.