Crime Does Not Pay #88

Chip Gardner, a wisecracking private detective, takes on what seems like a harmless favor: posing as the long-lost cousin Roy Marcy to comfort Aunt Hilda before she passes. But when danger currents start flowing through the Marcy mansion, Gardner realizes the setup conceals something far more sinister than a dying woman's wish. Trapped in a web of deception involving a doctor, a butler, and a woman with secrets of her own, Gardner must stay alive long enough to uncover what really happened to the real Roy Marcy—and who's willing to kill to keep it hidden.

Johnny Buck, a tough outsider, gets caught up in a crime wave plaguing Whitestone—but when gangster Lew Lyons bails him out, Buck finds himself pulled into the mob's inner circle while secretly working to expose the gang's insider connection to the police department. As the robberies escalate and bodies pile up, Buck must navigate a dangerous double life to bring Lyons and his crew to justice.

When horse racing returns to Riverdale, it brings wealth and excitement—but also temptation. A race-track watchman is murdered while trying to stop a horse-switching scheme, and a sheriff must untangle the motives of five suspects: a hardened trainer, a long-shot gambler, a wealthy owner, a sportswoman, and a barred jockey. Can you spot the tell-tale clues that point to the killer before the final page?

A man tormented by his role in developing atomic weapons hatches a desperate plan to detonate a bomb in New York City—convinced that only witnessing the horror of mass destruction can prevent future nuclear warfare. When his girlfriend Cathy Tyler flees to seek help from a police detective named Clay Boyd, Hamilton becomes a fugitive through the streets and subways of Manhattan, forcing Boyd into a high-stakes chase against the clock. As the night spirals toward chaos, Boyd must find both the bomber and his hidden explosive before midnight strikes.