A distraught man, consumed by sorrow over the accidental death of his wife, pays an anonymous hooker to arrange for his death at the end of three days. He doesn't care where or how. Then, to his shock, he recognises his wife walking on a busy street but loses her in the crowd.

Maddie makes a wager to David, challenging to behave like a grownup for some days. Clark Greydon is a gifted pianist with a slight problem, he's addicted to gambling. His stepmother, an unpleasant character, hires Maddie and David when crooks abduct Clark to cash a ransom. The lady tells the detectives to obtain a reduce in the ransom and she will add that to their fee.

Maddie learns through the near-suicide of a friend where her embezzling accountant has fled to and immediately flies after him, determined to get her money back.

A disfigured lady hires Maddie and David to track down the felon who burned her face with acid years ago. The man has been just released from prison and the pair locates him. Once they report to the dame the man turns up killed. Maddie and David tail the lady and find she's behaving oddly.