Crime and Justice #26

Blackie Nelson, a strong-arm man on the run from a dangerous racketeer named Lefty Malone, flees to a quiet small town where he tries to lie low under an assumed name—but his restless nature and contempt for authority lead him to deliberately undermine the local sheriff's reputation for his own amusement. When Lefty's men finally track him down, Blackie finds himself in a desperate position and forced to seek shelter in the one place he never expected to need.

Two desperate killers with unmistakable faces—Slats Redmond and Whitey Loeb—flee across state lines after a heist, their only advantage the innocent couple they force into their car as a shield. Police must devise a way to stop them before they reach the coast, knowing a direct confrontation risks the lives of the hostages caught in the crossfire.

When notorious gangster Vince Shaw turns up dead at a gas station operated by Mike Miller and his girlfriend Anita, Inspector Ryan must untangle competing stories about what really happened. As the detective examines the crime scene and the victim's belongings, a critical detail emerges that exposes a fatal flaw in the suspects' carefully constructed alibi. Can you spot what Inspector Ryan finds before the truth comes crashing down?

Little Al of the Secret Service is on high alert in Vienna, tasked with stopping the mysterious Agent X before a deadly rendezvous at the Cafe of Four Nations can hand over classified defense plans to a Soviet contact. Working the cold streets and smoky cafes of the international zone, Little Al teams up with Countess Maria Berchtold, who's secretly harboring refugees, to identify the spy among the costumed revelers at a Viennese Fasching celebration—where a haunting waltz melody holds the key to unmasking the enemy.

Two detectives from the Safe and Loft Squad—Baker and Dorian—stake out a furrier's operation after spotting suspicious activity among a crew of small-time crooks. Through weeks of patient surveillance, they track the criminals' plans for a midnight heist, then move in at just the right moment to catch them red-handed during the job itself.

This 1955 crime primer walks through the forensic techniques that help investigators identify getaway vehicles and suspects—from tire tread analysis and plaster casting to detecting telltale signs like tread damage and oil drippings. Learn how criminals leave physical evidence at crime scenes that, when properly examined and compared, can lead authorities straight to them.

In the hushed elegance of Mrs. Van Brunt’s society party, magician Tarnstrom’s performance takes a sinister turn when the hostess accuses him of swapping her ruby for a counterfeit. As the room erupts in suspicion, a private detective steps in—pinpointing one of the guests as the brains behind the Simmons gang, the notorious international jewel swindlers.