A dissatisfied boxer's wife leaves her husband for another man. But she wants to give the marriage another chance. However, fate touches Matt Cordell when he is framed for a murder.
Johnny Lamb is an elevator man by day and a hit man by night. He's very good at his job; he's a professional. The Boss sends him on a job that makes Lamb confront his conscience, maybe for the first time. The episode has interesting male relationships seldom touched in hard-boiled novels nor found in film noir.
A police detective investigates the untimely death of a nightclub dancer but the investigation is called off by the brass. The problem: the killer is still loose.
In pure noir fashion, where fatalism plays it's untimely hand, Hollywood actor Rich Thurber gets off the bus and enters a bar to take drink. The bar is then abruptly taken over by bank thieves. The hoods mistake Rich for a local politician and take him and Carol, the daughter of Los Angeles' top cop, for a ride they won't soon forget. Look for a surprising and riveting end.
A well known socialite is missing and the famed shamus, the Continental Op, is on the trail in this story that takes place in 1929. The case takes the Continental Op to blackmail and murder.
In a tale that takes place in south-central Los Angeles, Fearless Jones and Paris Minton become involved with a femme fatale nightclub jazz singer. They try to help out Deletha by planning to steal her singing contract from the nightclub manager. Not all go as the wily sleuths planned.
