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Gangsters Can't Win #5 (1948)

D.S. Publishing · 1948 · 52 pages

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Contains 7 stories
Dead Men Don't Drown
8 pp · crime
Johnny TalbotBetty KentonBill ManleyPaul WayneInspector Dan Foster

In the tense hours before a high-stakes yacht race, the body of Paul Wayne is discovered—his death ruled a suicide, but with a forged note that doesn’t add up. Inspector Dan Foster, sharp and relentless, pieces together the truth from the smallest clues, unraveling a web of deception that sinks deeper than the ocean itself.

The Mystery of the Disappearing Diamonds
7 pp · crime
Mrs. Van UpgraffBrenda Van Upgraff [daughter]Walter Van Upgraff [stepson]Alice Flint [secretary]"Pierre Ronsard" [fake artist]Lieutenant Tim Allen

In "The Mystery of the Disappearing Diamonds," a string of thefts rocks the life of widow Mrs. Van Upgraff, whose safe is emptied of priceless diamonds and newly valuable gold mine stock. When her stepson Walter Van Upgraff is wrongly convicted, Lieutenant Tim Allen takes up the case to uncover the truth behind the crime.

The P.I. and.. the Clocks!
3 pp · crime
Inspector H. J. MorganJames HarveyCharles RogersValerie KirkJohn Rogers

A postal extortionist is terrorizing Washington, D.C. with death threats mailed to prominent citizens—banker James Harvey, businessman Charles Rogers, and society beauty Valerie Kirk—each demanding ten thousand dollars or worse. Inspector H. J. Morgan smells an inside job and follows a clever lead involving a grandfather clock to unmask the culprit before the threats turn fatal.

Trail of Terror
9 pp · crime
TennyLoopKiller MaddenBreeze LawsonTim TimminsLaura Timmins

When escaped convict Killer Madden takes a rancher's wife hostage during his flight from the law, Sky Sheriff Breeze Lawson pursues the desperate fugitive into the rugged hills. With Laura Timmins' life hanging in the balance and Madden cornered under a ledge, Breeze must outthink a cornered killer before the maniac can use his captive to secure his escape.

Beauty and the Book
8 pp · crime · script Bud Willard (signed)
Inspector MooreMr. PerkinsEddie CalvinRichard BarnellCorky TobinClarence Barkley
The Mystery of the Speaking Alibi
2 pp · crime
Veno the VentriloquistZorra [his wife and assistant]Doctor [Zorra's brother]

When ventriloquist Veno's wife Zorra collapses during a stage performance, her brother the Doctor operates on her at the hospital—but she dies on the table, leaving him wracked with guilt. Days later, the Doctor is found dead in his office, and police initially suspect suicide, but Veno becomes their prime suspect when they realize the gun was never fired—and that a ventriloquist could easily throw his voice to create a false alibi. Can the police prove that Veno used his unique skill to mask a murder?

Jailbreak
6 pp · crime
Warden John CraneTrimbleGrantSelbyMacPeteTom Black [escaped prisoners]

In "Jailbreak," six murderers flee from prison in 1948, each seeking freedom through desperate means. One is caught when he lets a woman call a doctor for her sick baby, another by lighting a cigarette in a trailer where police are waiting, and two more by a chance encounter with a pair of old farm hands who’ve seen enough of the world to know a killer when they see one.

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