Sensational Police Cases #3

When Pete Parakis, a brutal gang leader, lands in federal prison, he discovers a corrupt institution ripe for exploitation—and wastes no time building a criminal empire from behind bars. Using blackmail, bribery, and intimidation, Parakis orchestrates rackets, extorts wealthy inmates, and even engineers a daring bank robbery from the prison grounds, all while the warden remains oblivious to his power. But when one of his coerced associates risks everything to expose the truth to the FBI, Parakis's reign as King of the Convicts faces its reckoning.

From the slums to the top of the criminal underworld, "Big Jim" Colosimo trades his meager pickpocket's wages for power and wealth—whatever the cost—only to find that crime's spoils come with a price he never bargained for. Drawn by a woman's demand for riches, then haunted by the very extortion tactics that made him a fortune, Colosimo discovers that the darkness that shaped him can just as easily consume him. A hard-boiled tale of ambition, betrayal, and the criminal code written in blood.

Sandy Quirk shows up at La School of La Danse looking for dancing lessons, but his rough-and-tumble style turns the studio into a collision course of chaos and misunderstandings. When he spots someone he thinks is the criminal Chopper Malone, Sandy suspects the dance school is a front for something far more sinister—but his investigation uncovers a loan-sharking operation preying on desperate people. By the time the dust settles, Sandy's stumbled onto exactly the kind of case that proves even a clumsy dancer can crack a crime wide open.