Dark Mysteries #24

In "Give A Man Enough Rope," Jim Westbrook returns from India with a mysterious skill—one that lets him vanish into thin air. When a deadly situation arises years later, that same trick becomes his only way out.

Sam and Shorty, once small-time crooks peddling the miracle lotion "Growoo," thought they’d vanished into obscurity after their quick fortune. But when they resurface months later, the world they knew has grown—literally—far beyond their scale.

When a small shopkeeper is brutally pressured into selling rigged punchboards by a smooth-talking extortionist, the local police lay an undercover trap—placing an undercover operative in the very store to catch the racketeer. As the scheme unfolds and danger closes in, a desperate gambit in the darkened shop leads to the unraveling of a criminal far more dangerous than anyone suspected.

Three Hollywood actors—Lenore Lanning, Neil Harper, and Queenie Starr—are sent on a promotional tour by Paragram Studio, performing a scene from their picture "Island Intrigue" in cities across America. When a performance in one town turns deadly and a blank cartridge becomes a real bullet, Lieutenant Gaines must uncover why someone wanted Lenore dead—and his investigation reveals a connection to her past that runs deeper than anyone on the tour suspected.