Married couple Joel and Garda Sloane are rare-book dealers who just happen to get involved in murder investigations.
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
