Crime Does Not Pay #59

Vic Everhart claws his way out of Indiana State Penitentiary in 1943 with nothing but contempt for the law and a talent for violence—and as Mr. Crime wryly observes, he proves his murderous disposition with every pull of his revolver. Teaming up with fellow drifter Jim Neely, Vic cuts a brutal path across the Midwest, robbing and killing his way toward a rendezvous in Tulsa, leaving a trail of victims in his wake. This true crime tale tracks a ruthless scoundrel who takes whatever he wants, however many lives it costs.

Alvin Karpis, known as "Old Creepy," rises through the criminal ranks as a ruthless robber and kidnapper, netting half a million dollars through violence and murder during the early 1930s. Tracked relentlessly by J. Edgar Hoover and the G-Men, Karpis escalates from jewelry store holdups and bank robberies to kidnappings for ransom, earning the deadly distinction of Public Enemy No. 1. As the heat closes in from all sides, this true-crime account lays bare the bloody five-year career that made him one of America's most wanted fugitives.

A man walks into Russell Sage's office in 1891 New York with a deadly ultimatum: hand over $1,200,000 or face catastrophe. What begins as a tense standoff in the financial district spirals into chaos when the would-be extortionist's gambit explodes in ways no one anticipated.