Lanciostory #23

In a quiet hillside community of four well-off families, a single flick of a light switch unleashes a devastating explosion that kills Jack Kornac. As the investigation unfolds, suspicion spreads among the neighbors—each with their own reasons to want Jack gone—turning trust into tension and friendship into suspicion.

After serving six years in a Los Angeles penitentiary for armed robbery, Ted Hamilton is released—only to find that everyone, from old allies to new strangers, is certain he knows where the uncollected loot from his crime is hidden. With Jart watching his every move, Jerry pushing for answers, and Emily caught between loyalty and fear, the past refuses to stay buried.

In a tense tale from *Lanciostory #23* (1975), Norman Benguell finds himself entangled in a web of deception after hiring an actor to fabricate an alibi for a murder he committed to silence a blackmailing detective. Years later, on a Florida beach, his chance encounter with a mysterious woman during a gambling game takes a dark turn when her sandals are discovered on a cliff and she vanishes—leaving the past’s shadows closing in once more.