Crime Must Pay the Penalty #5

Pittsburgh's notorious Flathead Gang earned their grim name from Paul Jaworski, a violent career criminal born with a distinctly flattened skull who'd kill without hesitation to get what he wanted. When a farmer catches Jaworski and his hoodlum crew stealing cherries, a brutal act sets the criminal on a path from reform school to increasingly ruthless robberies—and his hatred of authority burns hotter with each passing year. Watch as Jaworski recruits a crew for bigger scores, proving that a flat head houses an even flatter moral compass.

A wave of crime sweeps across the Midwest as Brady, Schaffer, and Rhuel James Dahlhover graduate from stealing car parts to armed robbery and murder, their hunger for guns and easy money driving them to increasingly brutal crimes. Law enforcement closes in as the gang flees across state lines, but their lawless streak keeps them one step ahead—until their luck finally runs out. This is the gritty true-crime story of how three young hoodlums became Public Enemy Number One.

When the three Penless brothers learn their father plans to leave his entire fortune to his housekeeper instead of them, one seizes the opportunity—and their lives change forever. Detective work reveals that not everything about this convenient burglary adds up, and the clues hidden in plain sight will expose which brother is the cold-blooded killer.

John Ringo, a hot-tempered gunslinger with a thirst for vengeance, shoots down the sheepherders who backshot his brother Billy, then turns outlaw and forms a ruthless gang in the lawless town of Galeyville. From robbing stages and miners to ambushing a Mexican pack train, Ringo and his men rake in gold and blood alike—until the Earps and Doc Halliday cross their path on the Tucson Trail, forcing Ringo to regroup and plan his retribution.