Tales of the Underworld #2

Richard Manning, Public Defender, faces two puzzling cases that demand more than just courtroom skill. In "Double Feature," Manning must prove that the simple-minded servant Al Deagan didn't kill Stephen Johns—even as evidence points his way—while a shadowy accomplice lurks behind the crime. Then in "Girl Alone," a young secretary named Myra Lane stands accused of shoplifting, but Manning suspects something deeper drives her actions, and he'll need to uncover the real cause before justice can truly be served.

When federal agents close in on a counterfeiting operation flooding the city with forged postage stamps, Jason Corbett and his gang—including the master craftsman Eli Breen and the calculating Carl Harum—stay one step ahead of the law. As the investigation stumbles through repeated dead ends, Corbett's network of criminals grows bolder, and the case threatens to slip through the authorities' fingers entirely.