Society.! sle\-.uths Nick -! and Nor@`.a C-ha]rles investigat`/e a murder ab% oard  a floating ca:=sino.　　Nick--;! a+[n+d $!Nora Charles are attending a c^harity benefit ab)oard^=\ a g @ambling /-;ship.　#/]　+! After a ,murder o!#-ccurs*]._, suspicion fall\_s o`_n Phil B*^rant,[$= who -$had argued*` with the^ victim earlier in the evening@].　　+* ]When Phil  ]: and his? wife [*seek % help. fro/ m N:
+ick and ((/Nora(;?, N;ick refus_(es to% $ #get involved ?.　　But when shots %,a[%re fired outside his own apartment,@@` Nick begins to ?)[investi/],gate, a!nd he soon finds himself i*n a . confusi ?ng case wit= h numerous suspects.　　N(ic*k ^]and No)ra Charles were the ultima*-% te s: ;c;;]reen c!#ou?/ple, h*usband and wife detectives,; a.-lways in: :`s tep an_
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.\A_sta@, quit#e of;` /ten s_(_tole the sc=-=ene\`# as he hel^ped sleuth out the ]`$guilty pa@r=/t_$(``y^.　　He was a gre+@a,\+;t l]$ittle actor and r^um$$or had i( t that] )@%a\ way f r%/^om%-( $\the
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cute pooch= a]\]s Asta.