An investigator from an insurance company digs into Steele's past after the agency loses their money in an effort to buy back stolen jewels.

Steele awakens from a 36-hour blackout to find that he has apparently gambled away the agency.

Laura has her hands full trying to discover why an accountant at a huge corporation was killed while Steele handles several mysterious errands of his own.

Steele is arrested for the murder of Norman Keyes while he and Laura try to honeymoon in Mexico.