Underworld #5

When fashion designer Richard Tyler shakes up the industry by switching from the "New Look" back to shorter styles, his rivals Pierre Marquette and Roland Carver see their investments threatened—and tensions explode into angry threats. When Tyler's factory mysteriously burns down during a storm, investigator Ed Ferguson arrives to find the fire suspicious, and he and fashion reporter Corinne Corbett begin questioning whether lightning or sabotage is really to blame. As Ferguson digs into the competitive world of high-stakes style rivalry, he'll have to separate truth from motive among designers with plenty of reasons to want Tyler's designs destroyed.

A mysterious roomer and a frustrated wife trapped in a loveless marriage find their dangerous liaison interrupted when a murder investigation lands at their doorstep—and a savvy detective begins connecting the smallest details to uncover a killer hiding in plain sight. When seemingly random evidence points in unexpected directions, it takes more than suspicious circumstances to prove guilt or innocence in "Special Delivery Death!"

When a series of registered mail thefts plague a Midwestern city, Inspector H. J. Morgan of the Postal Inspection Service devises an unconventional trap: scented glue applied to envelopes at each post office, each with a different fragrance to pinpoint the culprit's location. As the mail thief strikes again, a single sniff of lilac becomes the key to catching the light-fingered crook red-handed.

Detective Terry McBride suspects that a slick magician named Marsini is behind the theft of the Kimberly Diamond from a dealer at the National Diamond Exchange, and he stakes out Marsini's challenge performance to prove his hunch. When the magician turns up dead and the diamond vanishes among a tangle of double-crosses, McBride must untangle who really pulled off the greatest illusion of all. A sharp crime tale that proves the best trick of the evening might just be the one the detective himself performs.

A quiet young man in Apartment 2B hides a dangerous secret—he's an undercover F.B.I. agent tasked with infiltrating the ruthless Regan mob from the inside. Eddie Lake must earn the trust of hardened criminals while concealing his true identity, all while his wife poses as his unsuspecting spouse in their respectable neighborhood home. When the mob's biggest job goes down at the City Bank, Eddie's cover is put to the ultimate test.

When an elevator operator named John hears a piercing scream from a doctor's office in Chicago's Medical Arts Building, he becomes entangled in a murder investigation. As police close in with their questions, John must piece together what he witnessed—and figure out his connection to the crime. A tense two-page whodunit that trades on the claustrophobia of a locked building and the urgency of a fresh case.

Sky Sheriff Breeze Lawson investigates a string of hijackings plaguing Atlas Transport—drivers mysteriously forced off mountain roads, their cargo vanishing without a trace. When Lawson sets a trap with a decoy shipment, he discovers the gang's audacious secret: they're using a helicopter to intercept trucks mid-route. Now Lawson must stop the aerial outlaws before they claim another victim.