Crimes by Women #13

Margot Haffner runs an exclusive Fifth Avenue doll shop with her partner Henriques, but her true passion is accumulating wealth by any means necessary—so when the mysterious Count Aorta commissions a custom doll with a lead-lined interior and unusual specifications, she doesn't ask questions. When Margot discovers what the Count is actually smuggling inside the dolls, she and Henriques find themselves caught in a dangerous game with far darker stakes than a simple commission.

Maude Bennet, the carnival's legendary knife-throwing act, runs a con game with her carnies Gus Riggers and Mike Topaz—luring wealthy marks into rigged card games where her skill with blades keeps victims in line. When oil magnate King Carter becomes their target, Maude sets her sights higher than just his cash, but her partners have other plans for their cut of the score. A sharp tale of double-crosses and deception in 1938 Oklahoma, where the fastest hand with a blade might not be fast enough to keep what you've stolen.

When a plane crashes in the remote wilderness in 1929, two hoboes discover a young girl named Mable Reine as the sole survivor—and their reluctance to abandon her sets her on a dark path. Raised by Whitey and Frenchy in the hobo underworld, Mable absorbs the harsh lessons of the rails until tragedy and imprisonment force her into the tutelage of Ma, a seasoned criminal who teaches her that cunning and deception are the only tools that matter. What begins as a child's desperate search for belonging transforms into the rise of one of America's most dangerous criminals.