Crime and Punishment #37

When Paul Fargo's jealous rage over a woman leads him to confront a wealthy gambler named Ralph Reynolds, a robbery gone tragically wrong ends in murder—and Paul takes the fall. His brothers Fred and Hack, implicated in the crime but determined to stay in the shadows, must watch helplessly as their younger brother faces trial, while their desperate cousin Jess becomes the only bridge between the family and the condemned man. In a brutal twist of loyalty and self-preservation, the Fargo brothers discover that blood ties mean nothing when survival is on the line, as Paul walks toward his date with the executioner's chair.

Danny Diagolo, a ruthless young gangster with a Thompson submachine gun, guns down a police officer while fleeing the scene of a killing in Chicago and goes on the lam. Trapped in the city with both cops and a vengeful mob closing in, Danny hatches a desperate plan to escape—one that involves an undertaker, a hearse, and a price tag he can barely afford. What unfolds is a tense cat-and-mouse game where Danny's own cunning may be his only shot at survival.

A valuable trophy vanishes from the registration room at a Miami beauty pageant, and house detective Louie Joyce must track down which of the four competing finalists swiped it before the theft makes headlines. With photographer Kerry witnessing the suspects and hotel manager Ray Parker desperate to keep the scandal quiet, Joyce investigates clues ranging from hastily shipped luggage to each contestant's movements—but one detail doesn't quite add up. Can you finger the real thief before the reveal?