Sally meets Bernie while working as a waitress; she then begins a career as a private investigator, frequently enlisting Bernie's help.

Sally, eager to try a little more detective work, inadvertently gets her own client while waiting for Bernie in his office.

Sally stumbles onto a rich man's plot to murder his wife, but when she tries to enlist Bernie's help to stop the crime, they both get in over their heads.

Why anyone would want to burn Ivory's music store is beyond Bernie, but the uninsured charred remains testify that someone did; both Bernie and Sally take the case.

A defence attorney hires Bernie and Sally to track down more people who were witness to a pool hall homicide.

Due to his morbid fear of hospitals, Bernie brings in Sally to investigate the circumstances of an old man's will.