Crime Mysteries #13

Paul Frasson, desperate to save his dying wife Lorette, turns to the mysterious Dr. Ahmed Bey, who demands six recently deceased young women to perform a grotesque cure. As Paul is drawn into a night of terror and moral collapse, he is forced to abduct young women under the guise of helping his wife, each act deepening his dread. The story builds toward a chilling confrontation when Lorette’s sudden cry from within the doctor’s house shatters the illusion of salvation.

George Winters, a devoted husband and traveling salesman, grows suspicious when his wife Pat seems distant and increasingly annoyed with him. After learning that Pat and her friend Tony Lawrence have been secretly plotting to stage a fake robbery and later murder him, George devises a clever counterplan using magic tricks and deception to turn the tables on them.

Detective Robert Rhodes investigates a series of brutal murders linked to a cross-eyed cat statue found in the hand of a murdered pawn broker. As he uncovers clues pointing to a secretive cult that worships the cat-god Calitee, Rhodes sets a trap using the statue—only to be confronted by the cult’s fanatical followers, who disguise themselves as feral cats.

On their honeymoon cruise aboard a mysteriously deserted ship, young Bob Drayton and his bride Elaine begin to suspect something is wrong when they find no crew and the ship seems abandoned. As Bob investigates, he encounters a series of unsettling revelations, including a chilling claim that the vessel is a "Suicide Ship" destined to sink with no survivors—leaving him to question whether his wife is still safe, or if his mind is unraveling.