A man's body is washed down the river and the only ship he could have come from denies any knowledge of him. Things escalate when he is found to have died from the plague and the ship is quarantined.
A captain takes over a tramp steamer and finds that the crew have walked out. His previous two commands have sank with a loss of life and they consider him a jinx. King gets the crew back and sails with them to find out what is happening.
Woody Threerivers is protesting at the proposed placing of an expressway through a native Mohawk reservation by dumping cars in the seaway. King does his best to mediate a peace between the authorities and the Indians.
A young boy is playing with a cap gun and 'shoots' a man who promptly dies. He runs away thinking he has killed him. He tells Nick what has happened and, when he investigates, the body has disappeared.
Interpol suspects that a ship from Marseilles is involved with drug smuggling. King works with an Interpol agent to find out how the smuggling is taking place and by whom.
King organises the repair of a ship owned by a wealthy ship owner with a beautiful Turkish wife. When the owner decides to go on ahead to Ottawa by train and leaves his wife in Toronto, King is falls in love with her.
King receives a blood-stained parcel from a man and with it is a note asking him to deliver it to his niece, an attractive female third mate. When a man offers a large some of money for the parcel's contents the niece is suspicious.
The crew of the Pandora mutiny over the conditions on the boat and the captain seems unable to cope with the situation. King and Fox are unable to do anything and the crew are arrested and end up in court.
A murderer is being sought on the docks. He kidnaps the daughter of a ship's captain and blackmails him to take him out of the country. King joins the ship and works out what has happened but stopping the man is more difficult.
A nun collecting donations from a ship is run over and killed. When her handbag is accidentally opened, a quantity of heroin is found. Fox and King help to solve a drug ring, which involves authorities from the USA.