The Perfect Crime #25

Steve Duncan, a licensed investigator, finds himself drawn into a twisted case when a terrified contractor named Frank Hyler arrives at his door seeking help—not against gangsters demanding extortion money, but because his life has taken a sinister turn. As Duncan digs deeper, he uncovers a conspiracy of intimidation targeting construction companies bidding on a major defense plant, a web that grows deadlier when one man ends up shot in the back. With Frank and his wife Martha caught in the middle, Duncan must untangle who the real threat is before the killing spreads.

A small-time crook named Garrigan swipes fifty grand from his crime boss and makes a break for it with his girlfriend Candy, treating themselves to the high life with fancy clothes and nightclubs. But the Big Boy doesn't take betrayal lightly—he sends a hired gunman after them, and as Garrigan tries to outrun his pursuer, he learns that some prices are steeper than bullets.

Cop Charley Barber won't let the notoriously ruthless Grimm Brothers—Karl and Hanz—slip away after they brutally murder a fruit peddler who identified them in a bank killing. When the brothers' own greed and betrayal turn them against each other, Barber sees his chance to close in on the killers holed up in Los Angeles. A tense confrontation erupts that will determine whether these cold-blooded criminals finally face justice—or if they slip through the law's grasp one last time.

When Harry French throws his old pal Winky Ronak out of his gambling casino for stealing, Winky's rage leads him to hire a killer—but the hired gun has other plans once the job is done. In this sharp crime tale, a scheme to settle a score spirals into something far deadlier, and the real price of betrayal comes due in ways no one anticipated.

When strongarm thug Hap Nolan spots a well-heeled mark leaving a bar, he figures an easy robbery will set him up for a quick escape from town—but one score leads to another, and soon his greed has him chasing bigger scores on increasingly dangerous streets. Written and illustrated by Floyd Torbert, "Easy Money" proves that in the criminal underworld, there's no such thing as a perfect crime.