Crime Mysteries #4

Lance Storm's hard-earned vacation aboard a transatlantic voyage turns into a nightmare when passengers begin dying under mysterious circumstances—victims bearing strange red welts and no clear cause of death. As the crime fighter and criminal psychiatrist investigates the gruesome murders, he uncovers a chilling truth: his arch-nemesis Professor Zarno has infiltrated the ship's crew, and a sinister plot involving exotic creatures and chemical horrors is unfolding in the vessel's depths. With terror spreading among the trapped passengers and Zarno slipping through the corridors in disguise, Storm must use every ounce of his wits to hunt down his nemesis before another innocent life is claimed.

When gangster boss Scarlatti orchestrates a campaign of terror to unseat Mayor Worth and install his own puppet candidate, private detective Don Grady and the mysterious Dr. Foo are brought in to stop the conspiracy. As Scarlatti's men resort to escalating threats—including kidnapping the mayor and replacing him with an actor impersonator—Dr. Foo uses hypnosis, cunning disguises, and his own electronic inventions to unravel the plot and locate the real Mayor Worth before his mind breaks under torture. With the election hanging in the balance and bullets flying, our heroes race to expose the underworld's scheme and restore honest government to the city.

Glamor girl Queenie Starr needs to land a starring role in producer Phil Korn's new picture, so her agent Ross arranges for her to work at the Blue Goose Drive-In to learn the part of a car-hop firsthand. When a shootout erupts at the diner between federal agents and criminals, Queenie finds herself caught in the crossfire—and discovers she has more resourcefulness than she bargained for. A clever scheme unfolds that could make or break her shot at Hollywood stardom.

Jerry Jasper, a wealthy playboy who moonlights as a skilled criminologist, arrives at the Blue Zebra night club just as a gunshot rings out backstage—and he discovers torch singer Arditha Blake dead in her dressing room. With the murder weapon missing and only two suspects in the immediate area, Jerry must separate truth from lies to unmask the killer before they strike again.