Crime and Justice #1

In "Machine Gun George Grogan," a small-time crook named George Grogan finds himself dragged deeper into crime by his ambitious wife, whose escalating schemes push him past his limits—until one reckless kidnapping spins wildly out of control. The story unfolds with tense, no-frills urgency, capturing the spiral of a man caught between loyalty and survival.

In the gritty streets of 1951, a murdered cop leaves behind a single clue—a wounded thief who vanished into the shadows. Now, a rookie cop is thrust into the underworld, forced to play a dangerous game of trust as he moves in close to the mob, knowing that one wrong move could end his career—or his life.

In "Diabolical Pipeline," two Texas con artists scheme to defraud investors with a slick oil pipeline scam, but their plans unravel when the daughter of one of them becomes entangled in a dangerous tangle of romance and rivalry—leading to a murder that threatens to expose everything.

When a murder strikes the circus just after a star aerial performer announces her engagement, suspicion falls on the jealous men competing for her affection—but the medical examiners' clever detective work will reveal which member of the big top is the real killer. Sando the strongman and Tiny Tom the ventriloquist have both made their feelings for Toni Paro known, and manager John West watches them all with his own designs in mind; now one of them will face justice for the crime.

When pilot Jeff Jordan and his crew accept what should be a routine cargo delivery in La Poma, they don't realize they've become pawns in a scheme to smuggle stolen uranium for a shadowy atomic weapons program. As Jordan refuses to be bullied into surrendering his cargo, his captors force him to fly the plane higher and higher—setting the stage for a clever bit of airborne sabotage that turns the tables completely. It's a tense Cold War thriller where quick thinking and a pilot's composure become the only weapons against international espionage and theft.