 Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel s pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $10,000 in it, to Garda s dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.