Stuart Bailey is a suave Los Angeles-based private investigator who, with his faithful secretary/assistant Hazel Bixby, is always quick with the witty repartee. He is hired by public official Ralph Johnson, who has received two somewhat-threatening notes, the anonymous sender who says he will expose Johnson's wife of seven months' shady past, the former Jane Breegar, whom he believes was an innocent sorority girl from Portland, Oregon. While he doesn't believe anything is shady in her past which she denies anyway, Johnson still wants Bailey to discover both who sent the notes and, more importantly if there is any truth to what the notes purport. In his investigation, Bailey does find that Jane has a showgirl past and that her former Portland boss, Keller, will go to extreme lengths, including the use of violence, to find her. He also meets Norma Shannon, who is also looking for her in claiming to be her sister, Jane having disappeared from her life long ago. Because of his investigation, a multitude of people are seemingly after Bailey, believing that he's the key to each's end goal; some only want to find Jane, others are trying to hide the truth.
—Huggo