Crime and Justice #17

Merry and Curtis Chase's flight from La Paz to New York takes a deadly turn when a passenger named Kale murders Professor Bonz to steal his mysterious black bag and forces the pilot to crash-land in the Brazilian jungle near the Matto Grosso. Stranded in the wilderness with a ruthless criminal, headhunters closing in, and Curtis gravely wounded, Merry must find a way to survive long enough for rescue to arrive.

Radio Patrol officers Tex and Barry are on routine patrol when their overheating squad car stalls outside what appears to be a beauty salon—only to discover a high-stakes betting operation operating in the back room. After accidentally stumbling onto one of the city's biggest illegal gambling rings, the officers launch a weeks-long investigation to hunt down the masterminds, following cryptic clues and a dying man's final words about "the junk" that will crack the case wide open.

Arnold Factor, the cashier at a trusted firm, plans to steal nearly $25,000 from the office safe while he's alone—but when the night watchman unexpectedly returns, a violent confrontation erupts that leaves the old man dead. Desperate to escape the closing net of police sirens, Factor attempts to frame a phantom thief, but the cops spot a fatal flaw in his alibi that no real burglar could have overlooked. This tight 1954 crime tale proves that even a "perfect scheme" can unravel when a man panics under pressure.

Al Blair has built his cargo airline from the ground up, and when a major contract finally puts Air Cargo, Inc. on solid footing, he returns home eager to share the news—only to find his marriage crumbling and his success in jeopardy. When his plane experiences a catastrophic dual-engine failure during takeoff, a routine investigation uncovers far darker schemes than mechanical failure, forcing Al to confront betrayal from those closest to him.

Suspended cop O'Hara drowns his sorrows at a local bar after his department brass comes down hard on his rough tactics—only to find himself in the middle of an armed robbery. When the criminals underestimate an unarmed civilian, O'Hara gets a chance to prove that sometimes the old-fashioned way of handling things still has its place on the force.