Barbara Stanwyk is Kathy Ferguson, an ambitious, shoulder-padded dame of an advice columnist. Until a coupla dicks from the El Lay P.D. stop by the newspaper on a tip about a local murderess. Despite vowing never to marry, she falls in love with flatfoot Bill Doyle and moves to Angel Town, baby - but soon learns she ain’t cut out for the homemaker lifestyle. To keep busy between coffee klatches, she becomes obsessed with Bill’s career - even if it means bloodshed and hanky-panky for a coveted promotion.