Art for Keeps — C. Burke Block

Death was the final payoff -- swift, violent death.

It was a sweet deal -- all the builder had to do was pay the housing commissioner and his troubles would be over. The cut corners and the broken regulations would be ignored. His pretty new housing project would sell out and he would be rich.

But the builder reckoned without Herb Ross. A crusading newspaperman, he had discovered the scam -- and he had the evidence. The solution was easy. Get rid of Ross.

As quickly and violently as possible.