When socialite Justine Clifford, daughter of Basil Clifford QC, marries Olley Hughes, the new "darling" of the art world, she soon finds out she has bitten off more than she can chew. Their acrimonious separation sends Olley Hughes spiralling off into a world of drugs and debauchery while neglecting his once prolific painting career. The boredom of Justine's rebound relationship with Phillip Lester has her falling for the bohemian seductress Sienna Lamb, which leads them to crossing paths with the criminal underworld and Martin (Sticky Beak) Byrd, a violent psychopath. Soon dead bodies begin to appear in the neighbourhood.