Prison Break! #1

When twelve desperate convicts at Colorado State Prison stage a violent breakout during a blizzard, they use captured guards as shields to escape into the frozen countryside—but their flight leads them straight to the farmhouse of Laurence Oliver and his mother, where quick thinking and bravery turn the tables. Werner Schwartzmiller and his gang find themselves hunted by the warden, the National Guard, and three hundred volunteers determined to recapture or stop them before nightfall. This hard-hitting crime story captures the chaos and desperation of a real prison break, with tension mounting at every turn.

At Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas, James Williams earns a trustee position—and uses it to plan a breakout with three fellow convicts, Dyer, Jack Rheuark, and Eaton. When their escape turns violent and triggers a desperate flight across the state, Williams and his gang must outrun lawmen, dodge roadblocks, and stay ahead of a closing net of police. A tense manhunt unfolds as the convicts fight to evade capture in the days following their break.

Gerald Chapman, America's most cunning criminal, plots an audacious mail truck heist on Wall Street with his wife Bess, cell-mate Dutch Anderson, and getaway driver Charlie Loeder—a scheme born in Sing Sing prison that yields nearly three million dollars. While police comb the country's exits and transportation routes, Chapman's masterstroke is to hide in plain sight among New York's social elite under assumed names. The question isn't whether they'll pull off the robbery, but whether they can outrun the long arm of the law.

Private eye Michael Strong receives an urgent call from Slippy Grogan, a man with underworld connections, but the conversation ends in a terrifying scream—and when Strong arrives, he finds Grogan dead with no visible wounds. Discovering an ingenious electrocution trap rigged to the phone, Strong uncovers blackmail papers worth a fortune, only to realize his dinner date with the mysterious Lady Gregory was orchestrated to keep him away from the murder scene. Strong must track down the elegant woman behind the scheme before she and her criminal operation vanish into the London fog.