Nora has always wanted a brownstone, so Nick signs a lease for one. On moving day Nick and Nora find out their new home was the scene of a murder, in their bedroom no less. Nora refuses to stay and insists Nick get them out of the lease.
Barney once saved Nick's life. Now gangsters are after him and he wants Nick to hide him out. Things would be fine if Nora hadn't mistaken Barney's list of suspects for Nick's guest list for their housewarming.
Nora comes home to find a blonde in her bed. Nick arrives soon after saying he has no idea who the blonde is or how she got in. The blonde (Nita Talbot) claims to have no memory of who she is and demands everyone get out of her hotel room.
Writer Neil Jackson calls with the news that he has finished the last chapter of an overdue manuscript. Unfortunately, when Nick tracks Neil down, the writer has been murdered. It seems he based his chapter on an actual murder that is due to occur that night - but where?
Mr. Rankin (Jacques Aubuchon) has his finger on a dead-man's switch and is holding Nora hostage. It's evening and Nick has to find $50,000 with all the banks closed.
A large bag of bird seed is delivered, by mistake, to Nick and Nora. They take it to the carrier pigeon owner down the street and find him murdered. Nick and Nora fly into action to find the killer.
While in France to promote his new book, Nick and Nora attend a Napoleonic-themed costume ball. Nick is told by the host he will commit a murder and challenges Nick to prove he committed the crime.
Nora takes a mink home on trial unaware the mink is stolen and the shop owner is murdered. Nick has to solve the mystery and rescue Nora from the fur vault.
Blondie Collins (Nita Talbot) returns, having escaped from prison. Nick and Nora hit a triple: exposing a drug ring, putting a bookie ring out of business, and getting rid of Blondie - or did they?
Nick and Nora drive into a small town where Nick is arrested for a minor traffic violation. While Nick is in the town jail, Nora and Asta wander around the town and find no one there.
"Nitro" Noonan (Jesse White) is just out of prison. He tells Nick he's cracked his last safe and is looking for a job. Nick is stumped--if only Nitro had learned a trade. As they sit down to eat the meal Nitro cooked, with the linens he ironed, Nick gets an idea.
On live television, a comic star is shot to death during a program. It turns out that though he was a funny fellow for his audience, off-camera he was a hated bully to his staff, so there's plenty of suspects.
A New England ship's captain falls into Nick and Nora's apartment. He disappears but leaves a note which leads them to a "haunted house" owned by a "witch". Truly haunted or just a ploy to promote her book?
Nick and Nora's new neighbor is an arrogant,unlikable piano genius who even throws things at Asta. When Nora pays him a visit, she ends up locked in a closet and the musical virtuoso murdered.
Nick and Nora are at the car races where the handsome winner has a little black book filled with military secrets in code. Will Nick and Nora be able to win the book before it is sold to spies?
Stelle and Belle, two dance hall hostesses, hire Nick to bribe a recently released con to leave their friend Gracie alone. Nora agrees with them but things go wrong when the con is found dead.
At a charity auction, Nora is auctioning Nick's detective skills for 24 hours. She has serious reservations when a beautiful amnesiac dressed only in a nightgown and fur coat wins the bid.
Chewie Chang wants to hire Nick to retrieve the Bronze Bonze, a statue of Buddha, from Lily Ying who wants to hire Nick to leave the statue alone. The fireworks begin when Nick finds the statue.
The patriarch of family who lives reclusively in a house outdated by decades hires the Charles to work undercover as domestic servants so that Charles may investigate who is trying to kill him and his two sisters.
Frenchie Popineau passes away in prison after sending his cohorts a map to a treasure buried at his speak easy now the home of Nick and Nora.. Each map holder tries a different ruse to get the treasure much to the dismay of Nick and Nora.
Nick and Nora go to Centipede City to find Bat Mckidderick to see if he is the last of the western bad men as his autobiography claims. They also must figure out if he shot his business partner.
Knott's Berry Farm will have to wait when Nick is hired by a movie producer to find his missing starlet. Has something happened to her or is she hiding after killing her boyfriend?
Nick is hired by a dying millionaire to find his long lost nephew on a tropical isle. There is trouble in paradise when the millionaire's wife trails Nick and Nora so she can eliminate the nephew and become sole heir.
