Crimes by Women #3

Gladys Behmer marries for money, but when her tight-fisted husband refuses to indulge her expensive tastes, she hatches a ruthless plan with her old flame Al Beris to do away with him. When the scheme unravels and leaves her with nothing, Gladys sets her sights on a wealthy rancher named Jeff—and plots her next move with the same cold calculation that sent her down a dark path before. This gritty 1948 tale follows a woman whose greed and cunning keep dragging her deeper into crime and violence.

Rosa Harte's criminal career ignites when she escapes a Mexican police trap alongside a fleeing killer, then explodes across the American South—from New Orleans gambling joints to Miami's thriving underworld, where she builds a ruthless crew to plunder the Gold Coast's casinos. As her reputation grows and her gang tightens around her, Rosa discovers that loyalty among criminals is a luxury she can't afford. This hard-boiled true crime tale follows a woman's rapid rise through murder and manipulation, right up to the moment when her past finally catches up.

Owney Madden was a British-born gang leader who arrived in New York at seventeen and quickly rose to command the ruthless Gophers, earning a reputation as a killer with no regard for human life. Though he faced five murder charges by age twenty-three, Madden evaded justice each time—until time and circumstance finally caught up with him, pulling him into the darkness of the criminal underworld he once ruled.