The assistant curator of a museum is found murdered. The lady was very close to Carole, so she sets out to investigate. The prime suspect pleads innocence. The motive is clear, the possession of a valuable Egyptian tablet.
Two ex-wives of an ex-detective are summoned to the reading of the will after he is murdered in his office. They discover they've inherited his rundown mansion office- and a 50/50 partnership in the detective agency. Their first matter of business is a reluctant collaboration to track down their husband's killer, which leads to a dangerous search for a valuable art pie
Duke, Syd's father, is searching for a bronze dog. Syd locates the figure at a Chinatown gambling house and while inspectioning the piece she comes by a key hidden inside it.
Carole and Syd investigate the kidnapping of a young man; the only witness is a hoarse-voiced actress. The crooks demand as a ransom the top-secret plans of a sports car.
At an auction, Carole meets a retriever of lost museum pieces. He is interested to retrieve a brooch included in the auction catalogue. A fat man who bids higher for the jewel is subsequently killed.
