Crime Does Not Pay #127

Joe Larell runs the gambling rackets along the Pacific Coast with an iron fist, extracting protection money from every dice joint and crushing anyone who refuses to fall in line—until he encounters Dice Alton, a young operator who runs an honest game and won't pay tribute to anyone. When Larell confronts Alton directly, the two men clash in a way that will change everything the gambling czar thinks he can control.

Marty James cuts an impressive figure as a New York businessman and insurance broker—but his respectable veneer hides a double life as a ruthless killer who terrorizes the city with a brazen spree of robberies and murders. Detective Alan Leighton finds himself closing in as the masked criminal grows bolder, even turning up at crime scenes to misdirect the investigation. James's carefully balanced worlds begin to collapse when the detective gets wise to his game.

When the notorious Harry Tracy escapes from prison in 1920 with a fellow convict, a massive manhunt explodes across the Pacific Northwest as the desperate killer tears through towns, farms, and countryside with guns blazing. Tracked relentlessly by posses and lawmen, Tracy's flight becomes one of the most sensational criminal pursuits in U.S. history, testing whether even the most ingenious outlaw can outrun justice. This true crime story follows the last days of one of America's most dangerous fugitives.