Jeff Spencer,Stuart Bailey's partner,is
contacted by a man named Van Der Laan in
Amsterdam after the man was robbed of valuable
rubies that once belonged to the Shah of Iran.
He can recover a huge reward.He then contacts
a jeweler of prominence,Marie LaShelle,to see
if the rubies were of value to anyone in the
United States.Over lunch they talk.As they have
lunch,a car carrying a prominent actress that
Kookie is smitten by,Charmaine Chalet,arrives at
Dino's.Kookie is used in a few portraits,but
then Kookie explains that her poodle cannot be
taken in the restaurant.Her agent,Rolf Berne,
takes exception,but rules are rules.The dog is
put in a kennel,but an English terrier lets the
poodle out and Kookie is really in a predicament.
Rolf nearly hits Kookie.Kookie goes to look for
the poodle.Back in the restaurant,Jeff notices
a book of matches from Amsterdam.He asks Charmaine's producer if Rolf is an American.
He's not sure.Jeff has Roscoe investigate Rolf.
Meanwhile,Kookie finds the poodle,but Suzanne
notices rough characters who were also looking for
the poodle and tells Jeff.The clasp of the
poodle's collar breaks and Suzanne keeps it while
Kookie takes the dog to Charmaine.Rolf is
displeased that the collar is missing.Suzanne,
while putting candy in a candy bowl,discovers
that there's a zipper on the inside of the collar.
When she unzips it,there are the rubies.She tells
Kookie and Charmaine about it.Meanwhile,Jeff
finds out who the two thugs were who had been
following Kookie from Roscoe,and that Rolf Berne
is a jewel thief,and that Marie LaShelle is
behind it all.The thugs capture Suzanne and
Charmaine,but Kookie and Jeff meet and both
capture the thugs.They then capture Rolf and
LaShelle.
Good episode.moreless
