Fugitives from Justice #5

When blackjack dealer Nick Delong gets brutally beaten by Hal Rogers at the Bayou Club for allegedly cheating, he finds an unexpected ally in Lola Luis—Rogers' spurned ex-girlfriend—who hatches a plan to rob the club's safe alongside Delong, her brother Pete, and a local swamp guide named Art Lally. The crew uses Lally's flat-bottomed boat to slip through the bayou and into the club after hours, but as they make their daring escape through the murky swamp with $81,000, tensions run high and their partnership begins to crack.

Vic Flint signs on as bodyguard for a designer named Dotty Strang, who's heading to Paris to collect exclusive fashions from the renowned Jacques La Fleur—but two smooth-talking ex-cons posing as tourists have spotted an opportunity to use her access for their own schemes. When a carefully staged "rescue" introduces them to Dotty, Flint finds himself racing to protect both the designs and the woman who's proving far too trusting for her own good in the City of Light.

Aaron Burr rose from soldier and scholar to become the third Vice President of the United States, earning respect as an orator and statesman—yet a mysterious falling-out with General Washington would haunt his trajectory. This 1952 biography traces how a man of law and eloquence descended into infamy and ruin, ultimately dying in poverty and obscurity.

Jay Rainey is a college student with a sharp mind for angles—and no qualms about exploiting them. After making a killing by betting against his own school's football team, he cuts a dangerous deal with a local crime boss, then builds a sprawling sports-betting empire across multiple campuses, willing to cross any line for profit. When his operation grows too bold and attracts police attention, Rainey finds himself forced to flee and rebuild his criminal enterprise in new territory.