The death of a band leader in a barroom brawl leads to Smiley's uncle getting arrested on suspicion of the murder. Remy agrees to help Smiley look into the case involving an Marti Gras Indian costume which goes missing from one hand to another which may be connected to a diamond smuggling ring. Smiley at the same time falls head-over-heels for a young investigator, named Corinne, whom is also searching for Smiley's uncle's missing costume.

When a bomb explosion at a local health club kills a patron, Remy and the team must find the bomber before he strikes again. But when Janine is taken hostage by the bomber after she accidentally stumbles onto his identity, Remy must race against the clock to find her as well as the bomber's identity, with the help of Smiley's psychic friend Zoey, before he can detonate a much larger bomb, while the captive Janine must try to survive the bomber Luke's physical and mental mind games.

Investigating the hit-and-run of a teenage transient, Remy asks Janine to go undercover as a fellow street person to keep an eye on a young teenage runaway, named Maura, whom stumbled upon a mysterious black duffel bag containing $25,000 in cash and who may be targeted by the shady thug whom is connected to a larger plan. Meanwhile, Smiley continues to deal with Yuki running the Blue Spot in her own way. When Yuki decides to return home to Japan, but does not have the money to go back, Smiley decides to throw farewell party for her as part of a fund-raiser for the blue musicians of the area.