Behind Prison Bars #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Behind Prison Bars #1 The cover promises "Murder at Newgate Prison," and the sampled interior pages reveal multiple crime stories. One story involves ex-con "Blackjack" Al Neelson and his gang planning an escape and robbery, with the action culminating in a car chase and shootout with police. Another story, titled "Death Trap," centers on Peter Blair, a criminal with a hobby of collecting fingerprints, who is accused of murder when his fingerprint is found at a crime scene—though he claims he was never in the room, leading to a mystery involving the fingerprint as evidence.
A brutal lifer named "Bo" Dellen devises a scheme to break out of Newgate Prison by orchestrating riots as cover for an escape through a hidden drain pipe, but he'll need to rally his fellow inmates and stay one step ahead of the guards. When the plan erupts into chaos and gunfire, Dellen and his gang discover that the warden and his forces have laid a trap far more clever than they bargained for. It's a stark reminder that in the eyes of the law, justice always has the final say.
Blackjack Al Neelson walks out of prison swearing he's gone straight—but within hours, the gang lord sheds his humble façade and reclaims his throne as a ruthless gambling czar, orchestrating violence from a hidden waterfront apartment. When a rival faction strikes back, Neelson moves to consolidate power through murder, all while maintaining an elaborate cover as a taxi driver for his parole officers. As the city's underworld erupts in bloodshed, the question becomes whether Neelson can outmaneuver both his enemies and the law closing in on him.
Charlie Lupetti, the brilliant but reckless criminal mastermind, gets life in prison for murder—but that's far from the end of his story. From behind bars, he orchestrates an audacious escape plan with his loyal gang on the outside, complete with a forged prison sedan and bullet-proof vests. When the scheme springs into action, it becomes a race against time as guards close in on the breakout.
Peter Blair's obsession with fingerprints becomes his undoing when his aunt threatens to cut him off and change her will. Convinced he can commit the perfect crime by leaving no prints at the scene, Blair murders her—but in his meticulous planning, he overlooks one crucial detail that Detective-Sergeant Wallen uses to trap him. A sharp crime tale about how careful criminals can be their own worst enemies.
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Reprinted in The Crime Machine #2 (1971), Krimi Klassiker #8
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