Authentic Police Cases #13

A masked criminal known as the Human Tarantula—actually wealthy Paul Trevitt and his step-sister Olga Davis—has been targeting members of Florida's high society, using their insider knowledge of exclusive homes and valuable jewels to pull off audacious robberies across the Gold Coast. When Detective Lee Preston begins investigating a strangling murder connected to the gang's activities, the trail starts closing in on the sophisticated criminals behind the mask. Will Preston uncover the identity of the Tarantula before the gang's next big score, or will their perfect crime go unsolved?

Private detective Vic Flint takes a retainer from a mysterious stranger named Dice to meet someone called Ikon at the Gold Clock—but when Dice turns up dead in an elevator shaft hours later, Flint finds himself tangled in a web of danger involving a dangerous criminal operation, a cryptic underworld figure named Bluepoint, and the enigmatic Alma Ikon, who may be more than she appears. As threats mount and violence closes in, Flint must uncover what really happened to Dice and what everyone is willing to kill to protect.

A coldblooded killer serving life at Alcatraz makes a desperate bid for freedom through the fog-shrouded waters of San Francisco Bay—but Sergeant Daniel O'Connor, the lawman who put him away years before, recognizes the danger when authorities report the escape. O'Connor knows Red Vance's cunning and ruthless nature all too well, and as the manhunt unfolds, their paths are bound to cross again.