Crime and Punishment #27

A narcotics smuggling ring operating out of Alexandria, Egypt—headed by the cunning Alfred "Cat" Lechens—becomes the target of Special Agent Ted Grew, who goes undercover at the seedy Café Sphinx to infiltrate the operation and track the flow of "Horror Honey" back to its source. With the cooperation of Egyptian authorities, Grew must navigate a dangerous world of dope dealers and thugs while staying one step ahead of Lechens' suspicions. The stakes are high: shut down the smuggling pipeline before more of the devil drug reaches America's streets.

In July 1929, wire-act performers Jon and Tony face dwindling circus crowds and an angry manager demanding sensational acts—so they hatch a dangerous plan to fake a near-fatal accident for publicity, intending to catch each other before disaster strikes. But when the stunt goes horribly wrong and Tony falls to his death, a detective arrives to investigate what was supposed to be a staged performance, uncovering secrets about the act's troubled past and whether this tragedy was truly an accident.

Private detective Donald Selton takes on what seems like a simple security job, only to find himself caught in a web of greed and suspicion when a wealthy man's relatives—including the aristocratic Anthony Boone, the recently released Christopher Nason, and the scheming Lisa Tree—all have designs on his fortune. When a second death rocks the household at Three Acres, Selton must uncover which of the expectant heirs is willing to kill to claim their inheritance.

When Timothy Pierson is shot during a robbery at a trolley carbarn in Center City, Lieutenant Keyes and his wife—a former policewoman—work the case from different angles to track down the killers, Tippy Garrison and Jojo Donato. The pair's biggest mistake might be their loose spending of the stolen small change, which sets off a chain of leads that brings the law closing in. Can the lieutenant stay one step ahead before the fugitives strike again?