Thrilling Crime Cases #42

When a wave of murders targets men in green suits, Detective Gregory Gayle of the homicide squad uses his encyclopedic knowledge of firearms to uncover the connection to a stolen payroll and a mysterious Italian pistol. Donning a green suit as bait, Gayle finds himself captured by the ruthless killers and trapped at the city incinerator, where quick thinking and his hidden backup piece become his only allies. It's a high-octane crime puzzle where Gayle's passion for guns—both as evidence and as personal arsenal—proves decisive in cracking the case.

Eddie Doll, a cunning bank robber, leads a carefully constructed double life as a respectable government investigator named Leonard Foley—until he falls for Ann Jones, an honest woman from Vermont, and decides to marry her. His clever scheme to keep his criminal identity hidden unravels when the one detail he couldn't control becomes the very thread that federal agents pull to track him down. This gripping crime tale shows how even the most meticulous criminal planning can be undone by a single human connection.

When the priceless Daumont Crest—a four-hundred-year-old diamond-studded heirloom worth forty thousand dollars—is stolen right after auction, Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon, and his young partner Ragsy race to recover it from a ruthless gang of crooks and their fence. Using his mastery of disguise, the Chameleon infiltrates the criminals' jewelry store hideout to reclaim the treasure and free his captured protégé before the thieves can fence the heirloom for good.