Crime Does Not Pay #90

Private investigator Chip Gardner initially wants no part of his newspaper friend Mike O'Hara's crusade against the gambling racket running the town, but when O'Hara takes a brutal beating from hoodlums connected to the Alhambra Club, Gardner's loyalty kicks in. As he digs into the case, a string of murders linked to big winners at the club forces him to confront the operation head-on and uncover who's behind the killings.

A woman drowning in wealth but starved for attention approaches Joe Tighe, a down-on-his-luck drifter, with a proposition—murder her wealthy husband Randolph Gordon in exchange for a hefty sum. What unfolds is a twisted game of double-crosses where each player believes they're holding all the cards, and greed becomes the only thing binding them together. As Lucy Gordon, Joe Tighe, and Randolph Gordon circle each other with murderous intent, the question becomes who will outsmart whom—and who will pay the ultimate price.

A collector buys a rare Chinese Mandarin statue at auction for a bargain price, but someone is willing to kill to steal it from him. Inspector Marvin Brock must sift through four suspects—an art dealer, a collector, an auctioneer, and a shill—to uncover which one murdered James Rydell and made off with the prize.

A young student named Ted returns home unexpectedly from prep school on a stormy night, hoping to surprise his family—only to find the house dark and eerily cold. When strange sounds and shadowy figures begin to unsettle him, Ted must navigate the mystery of who or what lurks in his own home while he waits for his mother, stepfather, and the hired hand Ace Barlow to return.