Tropical Heat

Nick and Sylvie are hired by an insurance company to investigate the head of an adult film studio that took out a large insurance policy on a studio actress shortly before her murder. During their investigation they uncover a much deeper and sinister plot involving other murders.

After an elderly friend of Nick's is conned out of her life savings, Nick comes up with a plan to con the money back from the man responsible. Despite help from Sylvie and Spider, the plan gets dangerously out of hand when it starts to include a local mob boss and the con artist's former partner who has her own score to settle.

Sylvie's niece Katie arrives in town for a fashion shoot, and takes an instant liking to Nick. Before long, however, Nick is investigating a different kind of shooting.

A beautiful woman lures Nick into a plot to kill her jealous husband.

Spider tells to his female friends from the beach about one of Silvie and Nick's investigations. He explains to them what kind of relationship both investigators have, as well.

While on a case, Sylvie is forced to defend herself and shoots a suspect dead. However, the suspect turns out to be an undercover cop and Sylvie is charged with manslaughter. With Sylvie's self-confidence all but gone, Nick sets out to prove that the dead cop was in fact being bribed.

Nick and Sylvie are hired to protect restaurant critic Sherry Fox who feels that her life is in danger. When Sherry is murdered in her home, a young woman who claims to be psychic and that she dreamt about Sherry's death approaches Nick. She predicts that more deaths will occur including Nick's, but Nick is skeptical. However, he soon changes his mind when she is proved right.

Evidence implicating a doctor in a nurse's death is stolen while in Nick's care.

Russell Wyndham accidentally kills his girlfriend with an enhancing drug during a lovemaking session, then seconds later... his wife Alexandra walks in. Fearing for her life after Russell threatens to kill her if she calls for help, Alexandra turns to Nick for help. Russell Wyndham though, just happens to be the 6th Duke of Stowbridge, and he'll resort to any means to cover his murky tracks and keep his regal reputation clean.

Big Marv Pardee and his attractive wife Casey are having a domestic situation with the 'goldfish' coming off worse. When Casey goes missing, Big Marv assigns Nick to the case, but not before we discover that Bob Sterling, the President of Marv's business corporation has a 'thing' for Casey.

A married woman's affair turns deadly when a man who has been recording her liaisons with her young lover blackmails her. He gives her a choice: pay up or die. Nick and Sylvie are hired to find out the identity of the blackmailer, but things get out of hand when the woman is found murdered, and her lover is framed for the crime.

Nick and Sylvie are called upon to visit posh English couple Patsy and Nigel Stratten. The Strattens are staying with their friend, Divo Melini, after being shot-at in their hotel. They believe that Nigel's ex-accomplice, Clement St John, may be trying to kill them if they don't co-operate with his blackmail demands. St John allegedly wants money and revenge after Nigel's evidence had him imprisoned for illegal drug trafficking. Trying to get a lead on St John from the manager of some apartments, the trail leads Nick to an Italian model called Lucia de Morfi. 'Investigating' Lucia through her apartment window, Nick sees the stunning model being passionate with non other than... Nigel Stratten. Soon afterwards, Nick's investigation is severely hampered when some key characters wind up dead.

Whilst Yasmin, a new waitress at the Tropical Heat Bar is working, two Middle Eastern type thugs appear and try to abduct her. In the ensuing disturbance, Nick has to use a wooden tray as a shield when a big sharp pointy knife is thrown at him. The abductors flee after their failure, and afterwards, Yasmin tells Nick that they probably work for Jabril, a dangerous man who thinks that she has secrets pertaining to a certain Middle Eastern government (her homeland). As Nick feels he might be out of his depth with sensitive international issues, he and Sylvie go to see a US government expert in such delicate matters, the enigmatic, charming and suspicious Jack Laslo. Then the case and Yasmin's life are placed in jeopardy when Sylvie uncharacteristically loses her professional focus and falls for Laslo's charms.

A mature and debonair man is entertaining his elegant young lady friend with champagne in a posh hotel apartment. With seductive piano music tinkling in the background, he watches her safely lock away her expensive diamond necklace, then receives a phone call and excuses himself for a short while. The following morning when Nick and Sylvie are in the office, Sylvie reads in the newspaper headlines that wealthy socialite Christine Atherton has been murdered in her hotel room. Then Nick has a phone call from the Police Department to inform him that his father has been arrested for her murder. Through Nick reminiscing about his past to Sylvie, we learn that his father, Jack Slaughter, abandoned fatherhood to become a professional con-artist who now lives off wealthy women. Nick though, does not believe that his father killed Christine for her diamond necklace.

Spider's old love Anita visits him in order to ask him for help. She fears that Melito, her lover, would kill her because she ran away. Although Spider has had some bad experiences with Anita, he realizes that he still loves her and persuades Nick to help them. Melito is found dead in his hotel room. Anita swears that she isn't the murderer but it was her pistol that killed Melito. Spider tries to hide her but Anita found and is arrested. Anita tells him that she thinks Melito's accomplices had killed him because they wanted the money Anita had stolen. But that isn't her only secret.

When a young girl, student of an exclusive school, is killed, Nick and his partner are asked to find the murder. To do this, they are going to work in the school. Sylvie as a secretary and Nick as a teacher of English.

Nick is seriously injured. Very concerned, Sylvie sits at his bedside and thinks about the evolution of their relationship.

In Dr. Cooper's dental clinic a girl named Monica Cobb dies. The reason: heart stoppage. Nick begins to investigate when a woman from the insurance company tells him that Monica had a life insurance policy of about $2.5 million. Her business partner Morris now gets the money. And there is also a mysterious friend: Sandy Parker. After the money is stolen, Sandy is suspected. While Nick talks to Zach Sanders who knows all of them from college, Dr. Cooper is killed. And then the next surprise: The dead girl from the dentist isn't Monica Cobb.