Someone seems to be targeting Hammer's friends in the style of a cultist killer whom Mike put in jail.

After a hard boiled mystery writer hires Mike to help him with an ending to his latest book, he is murdered. Mike, Velda and Nick realize the book was based upon an actual disappearance or murder and try to solve it in order to find out who murdered the writer.

The murder of an investigative reporter was a friend of Mike's leads the private eye to stolen satellite photos.

Lila B is a singer who is romantically involved with a mobster, Johnny Dive. When she becomes a murder suspect, Mike tries to help.

Mike tries to extricate Lila B. from her troubles.

Mike investigates the death of a tobacco company scientist who was about to testify.

After solving who killed the scientist, Mike investigates who killed a member of a wealthy family that owns a tobacco company.