This House Is Burning

Synopsis

Something is obviously not-as-it-should-be around the handsome, blooming Sunberg household in San Sebastian, California. Used-car biggie Papa Sam always smiles; Mama Sunberg is a bosomy recluse given to exposing herself to passers-by; first son Gus drinks; second son Luke is half-witted; big daughter Thelma is a frigid tease prone to hysterical laughing fits; baby Gunnar is retarded; housekeeper Hannah is a beady-eyed harpie. Only teenager Kristin seems outgoing and normal, but she's plenty worried--especially when private detective Alan Bonner comes to town, determined to find out what happened to Tony Lopez, a Sunberg employee who came to dinner one night and promptly disappeared.