Crime Does Not Pay #103

When private eye Chip Gardner agrees to help secretary Wendy's friend Hettie, he's drawn into a dangerous scheme involving fixed prizefights, a boxer named Packy Sanders, and a ruthless racketeer willing to eliminate anyone in his way. A case that starts with mysterious murder attempts spirals into kidnapping, double-crosses, and Gardner's search for the man pulling the strings behind the violence. It's a high-stakes game where a boxer's career—and life—hang in the balance, and Gardner must uncover who's really calling the shots before more blood spills.

A fugitive criminal and his paramour go undercover among apple pickers in the Pacific Northwest, but their scheme to escape the law grows more dangerous when a jealous rival worker discovers their connection. With the law closing in and crime breeding only betrayal, everyone involved learns that the real cost of Ace Renard's crimes far exceeds any stolen jewels.