Authentic Police Cases #8

When a mob of criminals targets reporter Lawson Hunt's home searching for evidence of a racket probe, Hunt stumbles onto their sinister plan: a remote-controlled gun hidden inside decorative lion statues destined for police headquarters. Captured and imprisoned in a sculptor's cellar, Hunt must escape and race against time to stop the mob from using the booby-trapped statues to eliminate a key witness and silence the law.

Kid Dropper climbs from petty wallet scams to ruthless robbery and murder, catching the attention of mob boss Monk Eastman, who recruits him as a lieutenant and sets him on a collision course with rival Johnny Spanish. As Dropper consolidates power through treachery and violence across Prohibition-era New York, rival gangs circle and enemies multiply—but his reign atop the underworld crime hierarchy won't last forever.

Crime reporter Rocky Stone and his pal Frank Doyle answer a desperate call from Helen Gordan, who's inherited a mansion haunted by a terrifying phantom called the Evil Eye—and she's too frightened to claim her own home. The pair venture into the spooky old estate to uncover the truth behind the ghostly terror, only to discover a hidden fortune and a sinister plot that forces them to race against time and flames. It's a mystery that demands both their wits and their fists to solve before the mansion burns to the ground.

Detective Pat Carlyle finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of international gem thievery when a frightened woman confides that she's being followed, and a string of jewel robberies—some ending in murder—points to a mysterious escaped convict named Renaud operating in the city. As Carlyle closes in on the thief and his shadow network of accomplices, he uncovers a shocking connection to the diplomatic world that threatens to let a dangerous criminal slip through the fingers of justice.

Reporter Jinx Jordan investigates the suspicious death of Broadway actress Honey Komes, whose body is found in her apartment at the Duchess Arms with a gun nearby. Following clues that lead from the crime scene to a local theatre, Jordan uncovers a web of blackmail, stolen scripts, and hidden identities that points to someone far closer to the victim than the police initially suspected.