Crime and Punishment #61

Four dangerous convicts—Vernon "Gunboy" Avery, Billy "House" Malone, Elwood "The Limp" Farragut, and Fred "Shakespeare" Rivers—execute a meticulously planned prison break at State Penitentiary, taking hostages and demanding safe passage from the warden. As the escape unfolds in the prison library, tensions between the inmates ignite into sudden, explosive violence that threatens to derail everything they've worked toward.

In the exotic, lawless Casbah of French Morocco, a legendary card player named Courtney has dominated the gaming tables for months—winning steadily against all comers, especially the bitter loser Lejun. When Courtney's string of victories finally enrages Lejun into a confrontation, their rivalry explodes beyond the card table and into the shadowy streets, where Courtney discovers that luck at cards means nothing against enemies who've been waiting for their moment. Outnumbered and hunted through the alleys with his suitcase full of winnings, Courtney must face off against both a vengeful Lejun and a mob determined to claim what he's won—in a game where the stakes are survival itself.

Tom Wilkes, star quarterback at Delmar University, finds himself trapped in a dangerous web when gambling debts to the ruthless Duke Bronson spiral out of control. Bronson's scheme to manipulate Tom into throwing games soon puts the young athlete in mortal danger, forcing him to fight back against the casino owner's criminal operation. In this hard-hitting 1953 crime story, Tom must outthink his captors and recover the evidence that could bring Bronson down—before time runs out.