Nick and Brian are hired by a writer named Robert Hutton who claims that his wife, Jennifer's behavior changes every year on the first anniversary of her first husband's death.
Nick investigates the whereabouts of an ingenious gang of thieves and is glad to provide protection for a lady named Claudine who claims to have connections to the gang. But things go awry when the lady is in fact a female impersonator.
While on a live television show, a killer begins poisoning the competing chefs at the Grand Prix de Cuisine. Brian snoops around to track down the killer while Nick decides to go undercover as one of the new chefs.
Brian and Nick investigate the origins of an ancient ring which brings out a series of bizarre characters looking to steal it, and someone wanting to kill for it.
A woman claims to be the daughter of a wealthy who passed away recently. She hires Nick to help her prove her claim. And the man's wife hires Brian to prove she's a fraud.
After two women are murdered back to back after frequenting a singles bar, Brian and Nick investigate to follow clues and try to find a motive and a connection to the killer.