Rough Trade — Gini Hartzmark

KICKOFF TIME FOR MURDER

Pro football is new business for Chicago attorney and deal-maker Kate Millholland, but one meeting with the Milwaukee Monarchs convinces her that the team is in deep trouble: bad management, lackluster coaching, and insubordinate players. The move that could save the once-great team--a transfer to L.A.--is vehemently rejected by owner Beau Rendell.

But soon Beau is out of the game--murdered, the police say, by his own son and heir.

So who's calling the signals in this high-ticket disaster? While the press and the fans go wild, tough-minded Kate goes hunting and collides with an opposition that plays to kill.