Crime Does Not Pay #95

Chip Gardner, a private detective hired to track down a missing man named Jerry Gallup in Buffalo, follows a trail of phone numbers to a mysterious house where nothing is quite what it seems. When he arrives at the back door seeking answers, Gardner finds himself caught in the middle of a dangerous scheme involving stolen bonds and criminals who won't let him leave easily. What started as a simple missing-persons case spirals into a deadly confrontation when the detective discovers there's far more at stake than one man's whereabouts.

When mob boss Sonny Stoner needs a witness eliminated, he hires the ruthless and calculating Grym Cornell—a criminal mastermind willing to do the job for the right price. But Cornell's relentless pursuit of payment sets off a chain of desperation and violence that spirals far beyond what Stoner bargained for, culminating in a shocking breach of the prison walls themselves. This gritty tale from Crime Does Not Pay #95 shows how quickly a criminal's debts come due when dealing with a killer who always collects.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cable, a squabbling pair of American tourists, duck into a dentist's office in Amsterdam seeking an emergency tooth replacement—only to stumble unknowingly into the crosshairs of two rival European smuggling operations. While the dentist works on the husband's teeth, circumstances force him into an unwitting role in a dangerous scheme, and the couple finds themselves caught between ruthless criminals with competing agendas. A comedy of errors where a simple dental mishap turns into something far more sinister than either tourist bargained for.

When Harold Carey arrives at Homer Trent's home one morning, he discovers the old man dead—and becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation that hinges entirely on circumstantial evidence. As the trial unfolds before Judge Randolph, a court-appointed investigator begins to carefully sift through the testimony of witnesses, including gambler Fred Gilman, who had recently sent Homer a threatening letter demanding payment for his niece's gambling debts. With the accused man's life hanging in the balance, you'll need to pay close attention to every detail—because the truth lies hidden in the contradictions of what the witnesses claim to have seen and heard.