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The Perfect Crime #23
This anthology issue features "The Perfect Crime," a story about police work against murder; "Hack for Hire," in which a taxi driver named Harry Carr is threatened by gangsters demanding he use his cab in a criminal scheme, leading to a high-speed chase that ends in a crash; "Police Work Quiet and Efficient," depicting a gambling operation where a man named Frankie owes money to the underworld and faces threats to pay up or die; and "Sgt. Audley V. Walsh Speaks," an educational segment from the Ridgefield Park Police Department explaining the purpose and psychological impact of police line-ups on arrested suspects.