Crime Mysteries #1

Crime psychiatrist Jim Phillips suspects that the city's wave of perfectly coordinated robberies and murders bears the fingerprints of Walt Ganley, a brilliant but imprisoned criminal mastermind—but when he discovers Ganley has mysteriously escaped, Phillips goes undercover at a waterfront tavern to infiltrate the gang and bring down the scheming killer. As Phillips assumes a false identity to gain Ganley's trust, he discovers the criminal's most dangerous weapon isn't force, but an uncanny power of hypnotic control over his followers. It's a cat-and-mouse game where one slip could mean falling under Ganley's spell—or worse.

When young criminologist Jerry Jasper is kidnapped by mobster Mike Bullen and forced to infiltrate a gang operation, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous flirtation with Alma, Bullen's beautiful girlfriend—only to stumble upon a corpse in her apartment the very next afternoon. Suspicion falls squarely on Alma, but as Jasper investigates, he uncovers a shocking truth that clears her name and exposes the real culprit in an unexpected twist. A taut crime tale where a setup meant for one victim claims another instead.

Don Grady, a private investigator down on his luck, takes on a new client—Babe Dawson, a showgirl who fears her dangerous ex-husband "Spider" Webb may harm her, and asks Grady to protect her while holding onto a mysterious envelope. When Babe is found murdered in her apartment, Grady must uncover who's really behind the killing and what secrets that hidden envelope contains. With disguises, detective work, and a crucial clue left at the crime scene, Grady pieces together a case far more complex than a simple crime of passion.

Starlet Queenie Starr has a brush with death when a mob shooting on the Sunset Strip claims the life of producer Sam Orkin—and leaves her as the only witness. When criminals move to silence her by kidnapping her from her home, she finds herself at the mercy of West Coast racketeer Manny Low, who has far deadlier plans in mind. But the police have been one step ahead all along, and Queenie's real-life thriller is about to reach its reckoning.