Startling Terror Tales #4

Charlie Zack, a baby-faced killer with ice in his veins, muscles his way into Silk Fletcher's bootlegging operation during the Prohibition era by proving he's far more dangerous than his pretty-boy appearance suggests. Once he's earned Fletcher's trust as a bodyguard, Zack begins positioning himself closer to power—but his ambitions may be pulling him toward a collision course with the mob boss himself. As Fletcher's empire reaches its peak, neither man seems to realize how close the reckoning is.

Three violent criminals—Al Brady, Clarence Lee Shaffer, and Rhuel James Dahlhover—escalate from petty theft to armed robbery and cop killing, leaving a trail of brutality across the Midwest. As their confidence grows and their crimes mount, the gang pulls off a major jewelry heist and narrowly escapes a police shootout, only to find themselves locked in an Indiana jail awaiting trial. With guns, audacity, and ruthlessness on their side, they plot their next move.