Authentic Police Cases #10 (1950)

In a gritty 1950s crime tale, Detective Ed Muldoon races to stop Chad Ludwig, boss of the Crimson Gang, after a mysterious tip leads him to a murder scene where Ludwig is about to eliminate a snitch. As Muldoon pieces together a trail of forged travelers’ checks, a terrified gun moll, and a cryptic clue involving funeral flowers, he must outmaneuver a criminal network that stretches across state lines—before Ludwig vanishes into the shadows.

When Vic Flint arrives at a secluded lakeside retreat with his old Marine buddy Hardy Blake, he’s quickly drawn into a web of secrets after noticing suspicious activity on a nearby boat and sensing unseen eyes watching him. Soon after, he’s pulled into a blackmail crisis involving Janet Lilt’s brother, Clip, who’s being threatened with exposure over a past incident at a well—something that may be tied to the mysterious death of Clip’s father. As tensions rise and old grudges surface, Vic must untangle a dangerous conspiracy where everyone has something to hide.

In a remote stretch of the Northwest Territories, two Mounties stumble upon an ambush by a cunning outlaw known as the Red Bearded Rogue, a man with a deadly penchant for archery and evasion. As they pursue him through the wilderness, the trail leads to a shocking revelation: the fugitive is none other than James J. Milton, a notorious gold mine swindler long thought dead.