The gossips said his wife was a murderer.

THE BRIDE WORE FRIGHT!

When Mike brought Stella home to Menasset ..on the Connecticut shore he had his private worries. His bride was young, beautiful, sensitive, and he loved her-but she'd been married before and her first husband had been murdered.

Soon enough the shadow of the unsolved crime fell more darkly on the young couple, and there were' intruders from Stella's past. Bitter suspicions crackled the air-and then sudden death. Two attempts were made on Mike's life, followed by a second murder.