Guns Against Gangsters #3

City detective Gregory Gayle's prized German carbine attracts the dangerous attention of Mr. Stupel, a man obsessed with recovering a hidden list of Nazi treasure locations concealed within the gun's stock. When Stupel kidnaps Gayle and forces him aboard a plane with plans to eliminate him over the ocean, the detective must use his wits and marksmanship to turn the tables on his captors and reclaim control of the aircraft.

Dr. John Udell, county coroner, finds himself at the center of a murder mystery when a performer is shot dead during a carnival show in 1897 St. Louis. As Udell methodically questions the carnival folk—acrobats, vendors, and crew—he discovers that nearly everyone has lied about their whereabouts, each harboring jealousy or secrets tied to the victim. Weeks of persistence and clever detective work lead the coroner to uncover a web of deception, blackmail, and a crime rooted in passionate rage.

Aboard the luxury liner Neptune, model Toni Gayle discovers her precious necklace stolen—one of a wave of robberies plaguing the voyage. Setting an ingenious trap using a hollow gilt statue filled with paint, she uncovers a suspect whose bulk seems to prove him innocent, until she realizes the truth about his carefully constructed disguise in "The Case of the Fat, Thin Man!"