Baseball Detective

Instant New York Times Bestseller! “Fascinating … deeply American … the story of a town that needs a different kind of hero. The plot is so propulsive, it blows you away. This is a great one.” —Morning Joe After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is...

Thirty-five years ago, twelve-year-old Billy Fisher rode back to a St. Louis baseball field to retrieve his new glove—and never came home. His bicycle was found beside the fence. The glove was gone. Despite an exhaustive search, no trace of Billy was ever discovered, leaving his family trapped between hope and grief. Now, a demolition crew tearing down an abandoned warehouse makes a horrifying discovery: two skeletons concealed behind a concrete-block wall. One belongs to an adult man. The other is a child found beside the remains of a deteriorated baseball glove. Detective Sergeant Mick ...

Spenser may have uncovered an explosive secret that threatens the career of a controversial figure, in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series. Vic Hale isn’t anyone’s idea of a father figure. He is one of the biggest – and loudest -- podcasters in the nation and got...

Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with...

In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand--and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged sings the song of a wounded prairie community in a...

A major league star is gunned down at home plate on opening day of the baseball season. Authorities immediately capture the supposed gunman. The real story behind the shooting is not so simple. The Atkinson Detective Agency sorts through all the conflicting evidence--including the mob, the Cuban government and a very corrupt FBI official to arrive at the truth. Coupled with a tender love story, the twists and turns will keep you enthralled until the final page. What Readers are Saying: "A captivating tale of whodunnit." "A great detective novel that hits the ground running." "Fantastic and ...

Sisters? Forever. Friends? NEVER. Who knew a reunion weekend could be so deadly? Meet the sorority sisters of Theta Gamma Mu: Roxy Callahan Gentry, the ruthless former sorority president and current hostess who has painstakingly choreographed every detail of this weekend—even matching the...

How could a murder have been committed in front of a bleachers full of people? Welcome to the second American Who Watched British Mysteries book, where quotes and references to favorite shows spring up like clues alongside the clues to the mystery itself. In it, levelheaded police detective Marlowe is summoned to a suspicious death that happened at a kid’s baseball field – while a game was being played. And it turns out that mystery-television enthusiast John Arthur, who helped Marlowe solve an earlier case, and his brindled bouncy dog Ainsley were in the bleachers when it happened. ...

The remarkable new novel in the Doc Ford series by New York Times–bestselling author Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford’s old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical...

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder—Heaven only knows what will happen next... When a baseball player is shot in the middle of a big game, Father Bredder is hired by the team to solve the case. Before he is done, he has to clear the name of a murdered priest accused of dealing drugs and save the soul of a young girl—all before the opening pitch of the World Series. “You can get hooked on God,” Father Bredder says, “like you can on heroin. You can’t get away from Him.” Named “A Red Badge Novel of Suspense” alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh ...

When a local bluegrass musician disappears and a jug of her shop’s corn liquor is implicated, moonshiner Hattie Hayes must stop further trouble from brewing in this delightful cozy mystery series. It’s August in Chattanooga, Tennessee and moonshiner Hattie Hayes has collaborated with a...

From the acclaimed author of Purge (“a stirring and humane work of art” —The New Republic) comes a riveting, chillingly relevant new novel of occupation, resistance, and collaboration in Eastern Europe. 1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men are fleeing from the Red...

A devoted but struggling dad, along with two of his buddies on a luckless recreational baseball team, band together to solve a potential murder amongst their squad—all while trying to stay out of trouble with their wives and, someday, someday win a game. Batter up! The Bad News Dads are a...

A year ago, baseball player Blair Saxon was enjoying his Major League Debut. Today, he’s wasting away on a west coast beach, the victim of a 95-mile per hour fastball to the head. He’s direct, abrasive, and speaks without filters, so it’s understandable that the police don’t want his help with a deadly case. When the killer gets too close, Saxon turns to his one remaining friend, Megan, the only one who will tolerate his strange ideas and even stranger plans. Together as amateur detectives, they do what the police detectives can't, they find suspects. But can they keep themselves ...

A singularly effervescent novel pivoting around the disappearance of an American businessman in the Philippines and the long-suffering son, jilted lover, slick police commissioner, misguided villain, and supernatural saviors who all want a piece of him. Mourning the recent loss of his mother...

When his daughter is found dead in a Binghamton rail yard and the police treat it like a cold case, Bill Cooper hires the one man who can figure out what happened - Rick Crane. But as the Upstate New York private eye digs into the case, everyone tells him to "let it go." Crane doesn't, and soon discovers that the death of COOPER'S DAUGHTER was about much more than the murder of one wild young woman. THE AUTHOR Mark Yost has written for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Leisure and Arts page and Book Review section for more than 20 years. He and his son, George, live in Chicago, but call the ...

I can't believe high school memories are flooding back. When I found out that my attractive ex, Mikey "The Stick" Millard was back in town, I couldn't resist. Mikey used to be the star baseball player in our small Louisiana town, even making it to the Big Leagues right after high school. However, his time there was short-lived due to his Bad Boy personality. I'm Detective Maddie Benoit, and Mikey is the main suspect in a gruesome murder involving his latest girlfriend. Despite Mikey claiming innocence and being framed, he wants to find the real killer. I'm determined to crack this case, ...

Forbidden love reignited, a town gripped by fear, and a deadly secret that threatens to tear it all apart. Welcome to Lake Lucian… I thought I’d left it all behind: the petty gossip, the painful memories, and Ethan, my first love. I’m a big-city detective now, immune to this town’s twisted charm. But fate has other plans, it seems, as I find myself back in the midst of murders, secrets, and Ethan Daniels himself. Working together is supposed to be strictly business. The spark between us? Ignored. The past? Forgotten. But the more we unravel this mystery, the closer we become, and ...

In Henningsen’s sixth Harry Sweet novel, detectives Sweet and Shane McCurdy travel to Montreal to help find the killer of McCurdy’s old friend Marcus Lee—never expecting the double peril they face. Lee was the color commentator for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The powerful Canadian Mafia targets the detectives when they suspect Lee’s murder is related to steep gambling losses the mob suffers after the mediocre Allouettes suddenly start winning—big. At the same time, the detectives are being hunted by a vengeful Nazi assassin they once sent to jail. Which...

A stay-at-home dad, along with two buddies from his luckless recreational baseball team, band together to solve a potential murder amongst their squad—all while trying to stay out of trouble with their wives and, someday, someday win a game. Batter up! The Bad News Dads are a recreational...