Crime Mysteries #13

When Paul Frasson's wife Lorette falls mysteriously ill in Paris, he grows so desperate that he turns to an Oriental healer named Dr. Ahmed Bey—a decision that leads him down a horrifying path of moral compromise. The doctor demands an unthinkable price for his miraculous cure, forcing Paul to commit unspeakable crimes across the city's shadowed streets. As Paul wrestles with his conscience and the mounting horror of what he's become, dark secrets within Dr. Ahmed Bey's mansion begin to unravel.

George Winters adores his wife Pat and goes to great lengths to win back her affection—even staging an elaborate fake robbery with his friend Tony Lawrence to prove his bravery. But when George overhears Pat and Tony's true plan, he discovers they've been plotting something far more sinister all along. Now the devoted salesman must turn the tables before it's too late.

Detective Robert Rhodes investigates a pawnbroker's brutal murder—the victim's face savagely clawed and clutching a strange cross-eyed cat statue—only to discover a second body bearing identical wounds. As Rhodes digs deeper, the mysterious statuette leads him to a hidden cult that worships the cat-god, and he'll need all his wits to survive his confrontation with these devoted and deadly believers.

Young Bob Drayton boards a honeymoon cruise with his new bride Elaine, a wedding gift from the rejected suitor Roger Reed—but once at sea, Bob finds himself trapped in an increasingly nightmarish voyage where crew members deny his wife's existence and cryptic passengers speak of a ship destined never to reach land. As reality itself seems to unravel around him, Bob must uncover the sinister truth behind the vessel's mysterious purpose before it's too late.