A bakery owner is a lone holdout against protection racket mobsters. Shannon infiltrates the racket with the hope of busting them before the baker gets done in.
A young boy witnesses his mobster godfather making a hit. Is the godson untouchable, or will the godfather murder his own godson if push comes to shove?
When a wealthy man is beaten and robbed, Shannon and Bonacorsi are given one clue by the victim: one of the men looked like an Indian and was called "Chief" by the other assailant.
Three killers are being held by the D.A. but he will have to release them unless he can get more evidence. Shannon fingers one of the men as the probable weakest link and goes undercover as his cellmate.
Pretty blonde hangs out at the library and lures lonely men back to her apartment where they are drugged and extorted by her two cohorts. Shannon will try to nab the trio by allowing himself to be lured to the blonde's apartment.
Little boy named Corky is kidnapped coming out of the theater by two slightly older children. When Shannon learns that the bus driver who picked up the kids has been found dead, he realizes that Corky is in extreme danger.
A numbers boss conceals his operation from his son to make the son believe he has come clean. Shannon uses this dynamic between crooked father and respectable son to flush out the crooked father.
Shannon passes himself off as a new escort in the world of lonely matrons, booze and poetry readings to catch the thieves who are stealing the unwitting matrons' jewelry. He finally unmasks another "pretend" escort as the ringleader.
