"Reporter Maxi Poole can't take her eyes off the bizarre translucent coffin that holds the corpse of Jack Nathanson, the Oscar-winning actor and her ex-husband. Less clear than the lucite casket is who shot him in cold blood. Initial evidence points to Nathanson's first wife, a gorgeous Italian actress who makes a rowdy exit from the celebrity-studded funeral escorted by the L.A. County sheriffs."--Jacket.