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The Hoodlum

Episode number: 1

Overview: A racketeer's bookkeeper gets Diamond involved in a blackmail scheme against his boss, when he asks him to find a book and gives him only one hour to do so.

Act of Grace

Episode number: 2

Overview: An acquaintance of Diamond's is murdered. At his grave at a potter's field, Diamond sees a wealthy old woman laying flowers at some of the unmarked graves. Diamond tries to find the connection between her and his down-on-his-luck friend.

The Bookie

Episode number: 3

Overview: A bookie decides to get rid of Lt. Kile, whose efforts to put a stop to the bookie's operation have begun to annoy him.

The Client

Episode number: 4

Overview: A financier hires Diamond to search for his partner who has gone missing in Mexico.

The Runaway

Episode number: 5

Overview: While briefly stopping in San Francisco, Diamond finds himself the target of a gunman.

No Laughing Matter

Episode number: 6

Overview: Diamond finds himself in a deserted amusement park on the trail of a desperate fugitive murderer.

The Messenger

Episode number: 7

Overview: Diamond is hired to deliver a note to a bank teller and is somewhat surprised when the teller screams after she reads the note.

The Counselor

Episode number: 8

Overview: A marriage counselor whose life has been threatened hires Diamond to protect him.

The Image

Episode number: 9

Overview: An old nemesis of Diamond's on the police force has Diamond arrested on murder charges after the girlfriend of an escaped convict is found murdered.

The Adjustor

Episode number: 10

Overview: Diamond receives a tip that a man who has been presumed dead for over a year is still alive.

Marked for Murder

Episode number: 11

Overview: Diamond finds himself in a lonely hearts club when he is hired to investigate the confusing circumstances surrounding a robbery and murder.

The Caller

Episode number: 12

Overview: Diamond receives a mysterious telephone call which informs him that he will die at a specific time later that evening.

One Dead Cat

Episode number: 13

Overview: A night club singer hires Diamond to protect her and her band leader from a disgruntled pianist who once played in their band.

Dead to the World

Episode number: 14

Overview: A friend of Sam's wants Diamond to prove that her uncle's death was murder.

Seven Swords

Episode number: 15

Overview: Summoned to a theater by a phone call, Diamond watches a magician thrust seven swords into a box containing his assistant. Is this the dangerous situation he was called to deal with?

The Fine Art of Murder

Episode number: 16

Overview: An actress hires Diamond after she learns that a valuable painting which she purchased is a fake.

The Popskull

Episode number: 17

Overview: Diamond follows a dog which is pursuing a bedraggled cat.

And Whose Little Baby Are You?

Episode number: 18

Overview: After returning to his apartment with a date, Diamond finds an infant abandoned on his couch.

Fallen Star

Episode number: 19

Overview: A journalist hires Diamond to look into the death of a singer who fell to her death, which he suspects was a murder but that the police have ruled a suicide.

Coat of Arms

Episode number: 20

Overview: A landlady finds one of her tenants dead in his room and shortly afterwards is greeted by a gun-wielding stranger looking for the man.

Double Trouble

Episode number: 21

Overview: A diplomat who does not want the police to be involved, asks Diamond to find his missing fiancee.

The Lovely Fraud

Episode number: 22

Overview: Shortly after a dancer takes out a large insurance policy on her legs, she gets injured by a hit and run driver and is forced to collect on the policy.

Accent on Murder

Episode number: 23

Overview: A woman is killed after hiring Diamond to protect ""a young lady from France"" who turns out to be a poodle.

East of Danger

Episode number: 24

Overview: A woman hires Diamond when her father is attacked after he finds heroin hidden in his antique store warehouse.

Running Scared

Episode number: 25

Overview: A man is concerned about his daughter, whom he feels has been spending too much time brooding over her husband's death.

The Mouse

Episode number: 26

Overview: A French woman gets threats from a supposedly dead war criminal who knows the whereabouts of a fortune in smuggled diamonds.