Crime Does Not Pay #81

A ruthless criminal tries to shake down the fishing fleets of a small coastal town, but he hasn't reckoned with Patrolman Al Drews—a young cop with an uncanny knack for seeing through the obvious. When a plane crashes offshore and fishermen start turning up dead under suspicious circumstances, Drews begins connecting dots that his skeptical captain would rather ignore, setting him on a collision course with a mob that believes violence and intimidation can buy their way to fortune. George Tuska's artwork drives this true-crime tale of one honest lawman against the odds.

When a string of apparent suicides—each involving a stolen car and a convenient gun—plagues Riveredge, Detective Ross Hamilton grows convinced that someone is doctoring murders to look like accidents. His suspicions deepen when a missing young man from out of town vanishes after falling in with the wrong crowd, and Hamilton must untangle the connection between a ruthless car-theft ring and a series of carefully staged deaths.

Chick Ross leads a ruthless criminal crew that escalates from party holdups to a brutal diamond heist at the Fennington Hotel, where a poisonous gas becomes their weapon of choice. Chief of Detectives Dan Addison and the police close in as Ross grows increasingly reckless, but the cunning crook believes he's always one step ahead of the law. This is the true story of how Ross's confidence in his own cleverness ultimately leads to his downfall.