Crime Mysteries #3

Criminologist Lance Storm investigates a string of mysterious assassinations targeting U.S. government officials and uncovers a sinister connection to Senhor Karnoc, a charlatan spiritualist medium who extracts classified information from the unsuspecting relatives of his wealthy clients during fake séances. Posing as a vain playboy, Storm infiltrates Karnoc's inner sanctum to expose the con—but what he discovers is far more dangerous than mere fraud, as the criminal enterprise runs deeper than anyone suspected.

Glamor girl Queenie Starr watches from the sidelines as a mysterious death strikes the set of a big historical picture—star Helga Bergstrom is shot dead during her own climactic death scene. As police lock down the studio and suspicion falls on the crew, Queenie uses her wits and a little detective work to uncover the real killer and the secret that drove them to murder.

When a young woman discovers her elderly employer hanged in his study, criminologist Jerry Jasper is called to investigate—but the victim's crippling arthritis makes suicide impossible. As Jasper digs into the household and its secrets, he uncovers a hidden tunnel, a desperate nephew with expensive habits, and a web of greed that points to something far darker than self-inflicted death. In this tale from *Crime Mysteries* #3, a sharp eye for detail and contradictions becomes the key to unmasking a killer.