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How does After the Thin Man continue the story of Nick and Nora Charles?

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The Thin Man
W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke (standing, right) directing Myrna Loy and William Powell during the filming of The Thin Man (1934); cinematographer James Wong Howe is on the left.

After the Thin Man (1936), directed by W.S. Van Dyke, continues the adventures of Nick and Nora Charles by picking up immediately after the events of the first film.1

Upon returning to their San Francisco home for a New Year’s Eve celebration, the couple is quickly drawn into a new mystery involving Nora’s cousin, Selma Landis, whose husband, Robert, has gone missing. As Nick investigates, he discovers Robert is involved in an extortion scheme, which leads to a series of murders that Nick must solve.1

The film concludes on a personal note for the couple: after Nick successfully identifies the killer, the story ends with Nora revealing that she is pregnant by showing Nick a baby bootee she has been knitting, playfully teasing him for failing to notice her condition.1