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Law Against Crime #2
This anthology issue contains multiple crime and adventure stories drawn from police files. The lead story, "Strangled Beauty," depicts a nightwatchman discovering a woman's body in a building stairwell and an investigation into the circumstances of her death. "A Touch of Murder" by Cuthbert follows Assistant District Attorney Quinn as he investigates the murder of John Van Cleve, a wealthy man shot through the heart in his apartment, with multiple suspects including his wife and household staff. The issue also includes a Bee-29 adventure story in which the robot character apprehends criminals and deposits them in jail.