Racket Squad in Action #27

Dapper Dan Morgan emerges from prison vowing never to return, but a smooth operator like him can't resist the lure of easy money—so he devises an elaborate art-fraud scheme that exploits greed and fear to part wealthy collectors from their cash without technically breaking the law. When the Racket Squad catches wind of the scam, they face their toughest challenge yet: cracking a crime that leaves no obvious victims willing to testify. Dan's past finally catches up with him as the investigators close in, testing whether he can outsmart the one opponent he never quite prepared for.

When store detectives spot Sally Gorman lifting stockings from Stacy's Department Store, they move in for an arrest—only to discover she's legally purchased every item and played them for fools. Now holding the upper hand with a false arrest lawsuit waiting in the wings, Sally begins a mysterious campaign of suspicious behavior that keeps the store's protection staff on high alert, but the real scheme unfolding on the fourth floor is far more dangerous than anyone bargained for.

Racket Squad Inspector George Telson goes undercover as a bookie to trap the "muscle twins" Chick and Tubby Nolan, who've been robbing illegal bookmakers across the city. With help from an hospitalized bookie willing to vouch for him, Telson sets himself up as bait—but when the criminals make their move, he discovers they're far more dangerous than expected.

Tim O'Keefe, a bush pilot facing financial ruin when his contracts dry up, takes a desperate job from the ruthless Karl Thomson to haul ore from a remote claim in Saskatchewan—not knowing Thomson plans theft and murder. When O'Keefe discovers his friends are being victimized and Thomson intends to frame them all in a fake plane crash, he has to outthink a desperate criminal with guns and a head start. A tense battle of wits and nerve in the Canadian wilderness where one wrong move could be fatal.

A bank heist in New Jersey sets off a manhunt that stretches across the country when laboratory evidence—waterfront grime and Louisiana grass seeds—points detectives toward two fugitives, including the wanted criminal Frenchy Roberts. As law enforcement mobilizes from coast to coast, the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, leading to the first arrest in Hoboken and a confrontation in New Orleans.