The Perfect Crime #18
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"The Perfect Crime" #18 is an anthology issue featuring three crime stories. The lead story, "The Perfect Crime," follows a criminal who believes he has committed an untraceable murder at a carnival but is ultimately caught by Detective T.J. Murphy. "The Carny Kill" depicts a man working at a carnival midway who schemes to murder someone he hates, planning it as the perfect crime by using a spinning wheel game as his weapon. A third story titled "The Perfect Crime Will Always" shows a young boy named George who steals money from a clothing store owner, attempting what he believes to be a flawless theft. The issue also includes an extended text feature warning about the dangers of drug addiction and heroin use among youth.
Steve Duncan arrives aboard Captain Chan Hogan's freighter the Mera Belle to help solve a murder—a Cuban passenger named Enrico Cortez has been stabbed, and his cabin ransacked. As Steve investigates, he's attacked and knocked out, then discovers that three dangerous men have boarded the ship looking for something valuable, triggering a brutal confrontation between criminals, crew, and law. With bodies piling up and the trail leading toward an unexpected culprit, Steve must uncover what Cortez was carrying and stop it from disappearing into the night.
Little George Barlow survives a hit meant to silence him and hatches a scheme to frame his would-be killer, "Carnation" Freddy Koomer, for a robbery at Lukenwalt's clothing store—but the plan spirals into something far more twisted than he anticipated. Detective Murphy has other ideas about who's guilty, and the truth waiting at Meadowbrooke Cemetery threatens to bury Little George's hopes for freedom along with the bodies there.
Champ Watson spent three years in the Western Penitentiary, framed by his trusted right-hand man Willie Dean, who seized control of the racket and Champ's swank home at Drexel Haven. When Champ finally escapes and makes his way back for revenge, he discovers something he never expected waiting for him at those French doors he's been dreaming about. A compact tale of crime, betrayal, and a carefully laid trap in "Over the Wall" from *The Perfect Crime* #18.
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