Murder Incorporated #8

When a down-on-his-luck young man named Jeff Kane teams up with parolee Ed Hall and tough guy Mike Duff, he promises them a lucrative new operation built on the philosophy of "shoot, grab and run"—a method that leaves no witnesses. Over a year of increasingly bold crimes, the trio builds a brutal reputation, but their luck begins to crack when they're spotted during a major heist and an investigation closes in. As the law tightens its grip and old debts come due, Kane and his partners face their reckoning.

Ken Bailey's days of petty theft turn deadly when he and young Ronny Duffy team up in Oregon, swearing an oath to rob and kill their way across the state. As their violent spree escalates from carjacking to attacking a gas station to jewelry store holdups, police close in from all sides—but the two killers show no sign of slowing down. This hard-boiled true crime tale follows two desperate men on a collision course with the law that won't end quietly.

In post–Civil War New York, the Whyos emerge as the deadliest gang in the city, operating from their Bowery headquarters called the Morgue and terrorizing the entire metropolis with their rackets and murders. When Josh Hines proves himself ruthless enough to join their ranks, he rises to leadership and pioneers a bold extortion scheme that catches the attention of the police—but the gang's fortunes take a darker turn when Danny Driscoll's volatile pride leads to tragedy. This is a sharp, brutal look at the rise and fall of one of history's most notorious criminal organizations.

Three counterfeiters operating out of a city flat produce a batch of counterfeit bills and hatch a plan to pass them off on unsuspecting rural marks—but their seemingly perfect scheme starts to unravel when one of their targets pays closer attention than they bargained for. A "T" Man raid caps off this cautionary tale about why crime never pays, courtesy of the crooks' own overconfidence.