Stalemate — Evelyn Berckman

MURDER MOST COOL

Fawsher was undersized, ugly and timid. Braddock was big, attractive and powerful. Yet one way they were alike: They were both inextricably bound to women they despised.

The plan, of course, was Braddock's. Practical, foolproof and mutually beneficial, it was a brilliant business coup.

And, incidentally it was murder…