The Informer #4

Detective Sergeant Mark Fabian investigates when a neighborhood doctor is brutally coerced into treating a wounded stickup man—forcing the physician into a dangerous situation he can't refuse. When the doctor vanishes days later, Fabian and his partner must piece together a trail of house calls and hidden clues to uncover what happened to a man whose only crime was trying to help people. A gritty 1954 crime tale about the price of compassion in a city where the wrong people know exactly how to exploit it.

Officer Kenny Cogan is already burdened by the harsh realities of policing a slum neighborhood when tragedy strikes: a hit-and-run driver mows down his kid brother Willie and two other boys playing stickball near a local garage. Determined to track down the driver responsible, Kenny begins investigating the scene and the people around it, suspecting the garage itself may hold the key to solving the crime.

Sergeant Mark Fabian and his partner Pat Polo investigate the locked-room murder of Homer Waring, a society jeweler shot in his sealed apartment—with no weapon found and a priceless diamond mysteriously missing. When a routine canvas of the neighborhood uncovers a suspicious family and a toy gun with a hidden compartment, the detectives realize the crime may be far more elaborate than a simple jewel theft. A cleverly disguised scheme begins to unravel as Fabian and Polo close in on the truth.