sonny becomes a prime suspect, but he has an alibi from the victim's business partnerm guy allister (joe king) that they were having lunch at the time of the murder. torchy and steve question the waiter in the restaurant and find a clue on a menu. they trace sonny to the apartment of nightclub dancer ila sayre (marcia ralston) who insists that sonny was on the phone with her at the time of the murder.