Crimes by Women #15

Michele Durand is a beautiful woman down on her luck in Monte Carlo who becomes unwittingly entangled with the vicious Monte Carlo Gang when their suave leader, Pierre Colbert, offers to pay her mounting gambling debts in exchange for her services as a front for their criminal operations. When Pierre assigns her to retrieve a valuable envelope in San Remo, Michele seizes what she believes is her chance to escape—but Pierre has anticipated her betrayal and sent Charles to intercept her before she can disappear. Now trapped between her desperation and the gang's unyielding control, Michele must navigate the deadly consequences of her attempt to outsmart organized criminals.

Beatrice McCoy traded her career as a registered nurse for the Chicago Police Department, becoming the city's first policewoman and earning a reputation as an unparalleled sharpshooter on the force. From her early days of police training through countless encounters with criminals in Chicago's parks, her marksmanship has been so precise that she's never needed more than a single bullet to stop a threat—a skill that's made her the most feared cop on the beat, despite her disarming appearance.

Jo Ardway has found her perfect racket: posing as a helpless hitchhiker to lure unsuspecting motorists into roadside robberies. Her game runs smooth until she encounters a stranger with a far deadlier agenda—a serial killer who leaves his own calling cards. When Jo realizes she may be the only person who can identify him, she sees an opportunity to turn the tables and make a fortune.

Frankie Barrows, a hardened drifter with a criminal past, discovers Martin Korbet—an escaped embezzler fleeing to prison—hiding in a barn and sees an opportunity: she'll force him to lead her to the sixty thousand dollars he's hidden, keeping him shackled and under her control as they trek across the country. What unfolds is a brutal journey where Korbet becomes her prisoner and slave, constantly testing the limits of her ruthlessness while Frankie drives them both toward the prize, willing to use her gun and whip to keep him in line.