Crime Must Pay the Penalty #3

In 1913, a small-time stickup man named Johnny 'Socks' Lazia meets fellow inmate Farley in prison and forms a partnership that will reshape Kansas City's underworld—but ambition and ruthlessness soon threaten to splinter their alliance. As Lazia builds his mob and moves to consolidate power by driving out every gambling operation in town, he sets his sights on his final rival, Mike Massoni, leading to a confrontation that will decide who truly rules Kansas City. This gritty tale follows Lazia's rise from petty criminal to underworld king in 1948's crime-soaked streets.

When Mary Fenner joins her husband Frank's criminal gang in San Francisco, she quickly takes control and transforms them from small-time crooks into ruthless major criminals, orchestrating a string of high-stakes robberies including a mail train heist and a bank job. As "Frisco" Mary and her crew—including Louie and Lefty—pull off increasingly daring crimes and rake in tens of thousands of dollars, they push their luck further with each score. The law closes in as their violent spree threatens to catch up with them.

When Alice Fortune is found stabbed in her home—her dying words implicating a supernatural killer—the police lieutenant must untangle a household of suspects who all seem to have motives and secrets. A mysterious "devil" costume, a hidden tunnel behind the fireplace, and a poisoned weapon are clues that point toward a jealous murderer desperate to keep what he cannot have. Can the detective piece together the evidence before another member of the Fortune family falls victim to the avenging curse?

August Bernard Doaks and his girlfriend Connie, both locked away for their mob connections, seize a chance to break free—he from Michigan State Penitentiary, she from a women's reformatory in Kentucky—and reunite for a violent crime spree across the Southwest. Their desperate flight takes them from Texas to New Jersey, where a manhunt closes in and their partnership crumbles under the pressure of the law. Discover how the hunt for a hardened criminal ends when he comes face-to-face with justice in "Get August Doaks!"

Bill Payne walks out of a North Carolina prison in 1930 vowing to make big money—and he does, but through robbery, murder, and a scheme involving a dime-dance hostage named Millie Rovas. When a jewel heist goes wrong and lands Payne back behind bars, he and Millie plot a prison break, launching him into a desperate flight that will reshape the criminal landscape of the South. The biggest manhunt the region has ever seen is about to begin.