Crimes by Women #11

Clara Dixon arrives at Thunder Valley Reservation to live with her brother Jeff, the newly appointed cattle agent, unaware that her tranquil days will soon unravel—Jeff is running a scheme to pocket government money meant to feed the tribes. While Clara bonds with Gold Feather and masters the bow and arrow, she stumbles upon a confrontation between Jeff and Franklin, a cattle rustler demanding a cut of the profits, and seizes her moment to intervene with her newly acquired skills. What Clara does next will determine whether her brother faces justice or escapes the consequences of his theft.

Winsome Wanda Bailey, a cunning woman with a deadly secret, finds herself hunted on New York's waterfront in 1941 after crossing men like Mac, Lefty, and Joe Haggle. As she evades capture and orchestrates a scheme to rob the wealthy John Sweden, Wanda deploys a sinister new weapon to eliminate those who stand in her way. With danger closing in from every direction, she must outmaneuver her pursuers before her own methods catch up with her.

When a bookkeeper named Myra Teggert is caught embezzling from her firm, she devises what she believes is the perfect cover-up—but a chance encounter on the street becomes the crack in her carefully constructed alibi. As Myra desperately races against time to establish her innocence, the smallest details of her escape threaten to unravel everything she's planned. In "The Imperfect Alibi!," a single slip reveals just how fragile even the most calculated schemes can be.