Crime and Justice #12

A young woman named Gail watches her relationship with Artie crumble in the office of bookie "Lefty" Wales, but what begins as a romantic rejection takes a dark turn when a detective uncovers a carefully staged crime scene. The investigator pieces together the truth: Artie didn't commit suicide—he was murdered, and a crucial detail about which hand held the gun proves it.

Curtis Chase returns to New York from Cuba only to be knocked unconscious and framed as a dangerous foreign agent named Gregori—a setup designed to eliminate the real spy while leaving Chase's body as proof of the deed. Now on the run from both the authorities and the criminals who orchestrated his fall, Chase must navigate a deadly web of espionage, rescue his wife Merry from captivity, and expose the truth before he becomes another casualty in a Cold War chess game.

Frank Ferris has just been released from prison, and when a corrupt cop threatens him and the draft looms, he takes a job at a defense plant—only to reconnect with an old acquaintance who pulls him into a million-dollar heist. What begins as a desperate plan to escape his past spirals into a violent chase across state lines, with Ferris and his accomplices hunted by police at every turn.

A freshly paroled ex-con finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when a nervous holdup man commits murder, and the physical descriptions match perfectly—except one witness insists he's not the killer. Karl Riker must prove his innocence while Sergeant Force pursues him through the city streets, leading to a tense confrontation that reveals the real criminal's desperation to stay hidden. Trust becomes the only weapon when a chance encounter at a bar puts the actual bandit directly in the detective's sights.