After a man is found murdered in his apartment, someone offers Novak a large payment to recover an envelope from the dead man's safe. The search for the papers draws him deeper into the killing and the disappearance of the building's landlady.

This Pat Novak, for Hire broadcast aired on August 10, 1947. It is listed as episode 52 in the archive. ABC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Jack Lewis, Herb Ellis, Otto Clair, Mary Milford, and Jerry Zinneman.

The surviving recording runs about 29 minutes. Characters credited in this version include Pat Novak.

A dark, sharply written San Francisco detective series starring Jack Webb as waterfront operator Pat Novak, whose jobs repeatedly lead into murder, corruption, and clashes with Inspector Hellman.