A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.

Dave Purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks as a planner He plots a holdup in meticulous detail, but things go wrong: a cop and two robbers are killed, and Purvis hides out with the money while Lieutenant Cordell, friend of the dead cop, investigates. Purvis' new getaway plan shows promise, but could have one tiny flaw.—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>

Dave Purvis has pulled off an armored-car robbery with engineering precision, and has a few details to tend to before boarding a chartered airplane to take him to a life of ease and comfort. First he shoots a wounded gang-member whose wife he is bedding, tosses another one to the police, and betrays a third and is nearly home free. However, Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Jim Cordell, using his brain and playing hunches, and making use of the police department's scientific network of laboratory, switchboard, radio-patrol cars, wire-tapping, and recording devices, is closing in on him quickly.—Les Adams <[email protected]>