Crimes by Women #14

"Shoe Box" Annie French and her son Donald run a brutal drug operation across the country, luring victims to their hotel with promises of narcotics before robbing and disposing of them. When they relocate to Texas, Donald sets his sights on Mary Cooper, a wealthy young woman, feeding her addiction to finance their next move—but their expanding trail of vanishing bodies finally draws the attention of the law. Annie and Donald must use every trick in their criminal playbook to stay ahead of justice in this dark tale of greed, addiction, and murder from the pages of Crimes by Women.

A young immigrant girl named Lina Vanishyn arrives in America full of ambition, but her hunger for quick wealth leads her down a dark path when she's recruited into a scheme involving a mind-altering drug and vulnerable victims in her community. As Lina adopts the alias Rose Longo and executes con after con targeting elderly immigrants, her greed and thirst for power spiral beyond her partners' control. This true story traces how desperation and ambition transformed a hopeful newcomer into one of the most despised criminals of her era.

In "Female of Fraud!", immigrant Lina Vanishyn leaves her diner job to join Pete and Lon in a dangerous confidence scheme, where she’s given a mysterious drug that makes her victims obey her every suggestion—putting her in a position of power she never expected. With Mrs. Bishoff and Jan Kuppel caught in the web of her new life, the line between control and manipulation begins to blur.

In 1950s Boston, the ruthless Queeny Ames rules her gang of young thugs with an iron fist, masterminding a scheme to lure servicemen visiting an American Legion Convention into robberies—all while boldly introducing herself by name to every victim. As Queeny's power-hungry ambitions drive the gang to strike again and again, Detective Harrigan and Sgt. Marans work to track down the mysterious criminal who's left only her name as a clue. When the police set a trap to finally bring her to justice, Queeny's vanity and hunger for fame collide with the closing net.

Louis Mantono rises from Chicago's tough streets during Prohibition to become one of gangland's most ruthless rulers, expanding his criminal empire through bootlegging, hijacking, and racketeering. When a double-cross over a stolen cigarette shipment puts him at odds with his own men, Mantono finds that his philosophy of taking what he wants without working comes back to haunt him. Crime pays—until it doesn't.