Crime and Justice #16

Curt and Merry Chase's peaceful vacation cruise aboard the brigantine Susy-Q takes a violent turn when they rescue what appears to be a distressed sailor—only to discover the rescue itself was a pirate ambush orchestrated to seize the ship. Now held captive along with the crew and passengers, Curt finds himself locked in the brig while Merry must navigate the decks alone to locate him and somehow turn the tables on the ruthless buccaneers holding them all for ransom.

Detective-Lieutenant Dan Ransome and Sergeant Jake Andrews' day off at the circus turns deadly when a circus owner is found brutally murdered, his throat bearing the marks of a mysterious claw-like weapon. As a second body surfaces and a maniac wielding a poison-tipped "leopard's claw" stalks the big top, Ransome must piece together the killer's twisted logic before the murderer claims another victim.

Two rival convicts, Candy Tomkins and Cy Rexford, bury their long-standing vendetta when they're imprisoned together, hatching a scheme to escape using explosives and Rexford's prison truck assignment. But when it comes time to execute their plan, old grudges and betrayal threaten to tear their fragile alliance apart—with deadly consequences at the prison gates.

Radio patrol officers Tex and Barry catch a killer fleeing a rooftop murder, launching an investigation that tangles them with underworld boss Louie Gorin and a dangerous black-market operation. As bodies pile up and the officers close in, they must trace a red Buick through the city and uncover the criminal enterprise behind the killings before Gorin silences anyone who knows too much. In "Murder in the Streets," the two partners race against time and bullets to stop an underworld mastermind.