Nora buys a used book which turns out to be a rare first-edition. The book was sold by mistake and the thieves who stole the book in the first place are intent on recovering the volume.
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?
While on a Caribbean cruise, Nick and Nora investigate a burglary where the stolen goods are discovered in a fellow passenger's stateroom. The accused man is a New York City policeman who swears he was framed.
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.
Nick investigates when an expensive pin that Nora did not purchase is charged to her account. Along the way, he uncovers two murders and learns that Nora is slated to be a third victim
The patriarch of family who lives reclusively in a house outdated by decades hires the Charles to work undercover as domestic servants so that Charles may investigate who is trying to kill him and his two sisters.
