Crime Does Not Pay #29

In glamorous Spain, a lovestruck banderillero named El Lobo falls hard for a beautiful woman known as the Dove—so hard that when she hints he should eliminate the reigning matador Chickero to advance his own career, he does the unthinkable. What follows is a descent into murder, betrayal, and revenge as El Lobo discovers the true price of his obsession, learning too late that the Dove's affections were never what they seemed.

A small man with big ambitions, Francis "Two-Gun" Crowley claws his way up from the saloon circuit to the criminal underworld, armed with twin blazing guns and a chip on his shoulder. When his jealousy over his girlfriend's friendship with a police officer leads him to commit murder, Crowley finds himself in a desperate gunfight against overwhelming odds—and discovers that firepower alone can't save him from justice. This 1943 crime story chronicles how one young man's need to prove himself ultimately seals his fate.

Gerald Chapman, a charming criminal known as the Count of Gramercy Park, meticulously plans and executes a daring mail truck robbery in 1921 New York, netting nearly a million and a half dollars in money, gems, and bonds. Despite his newfound wealth, Chapman's hunger for crime drives him to attempt another job in Connecticut, an decision that sets police on his trail and unravels his carefully constructed double life. As the law closes in, Chapman faces the ultimate reckoning for a life built on theft and violence.

A pint-sized gambler from Arkansas, Little Luke Short rolls into Tombstone to open an honest gambling establishment—but a rival operator named Moran won't tolerate the competition. When Moran uses corrupt officials and hired muscle to drive Luke out, the scrappy gunslinger proves that his nickname, "The Undertaker's Joy," wasn't earned by his stature. Luke discovers just how far a man's guts and quick draw can take him against bigger odds.