Sun, Nov 11, 1973
Someone tries to kill world-famous opera diva Barbara Sonderman, who is about to return to the stage after a year's hiatus from performing. She hires Joe Mannix to find out who tried to kill her and why, but Mannix becomes disturbed by evidence suggesting that his client may have withheld information from him. Nevertheless, Mannix pursues a lead involving the death of her father, a policeman in a small town up the coast from Los Angeles -- while also struggling with his own growing feelings for Barbara.
Sun, Dec 9, 1973
Mannix travels to San Francisco to wind up a case. At the airport he spots old flame Jan Holloway, who stood him up some time before. She tells Joe she is really married to a man named Carter Elliott. Several hoods then hustle Mannix away, apparently because he spoke to her -- leading him into a deepening mystery involving $14 million and Mrs. Elliott's apparent death shortly thereafter.