Dead Ball: A Buck Christopher Mystery
His oldest friend is dead. The official story doesn't add up. And Buck Christopher has never been good at leaving a question alone.
Baseball legend Scotty Williams supposedly died of a heart attack in a Chicago hotel room. But when his daughters approach Buck Christopher after the funeral, they bring troubling evidence: an unexplained toxicology result, a missing notebook, and a laptop accompanied by a warning to trust no one.
Buck, a veteran newspaperman and Scotty's former teammate, heads to Chicago looking for answers. What he finds is a trail of coded baseball scores, dangerous secrets, and people determined to keep his friend's final days buried.
Fortunately-or possibly otherwise-he won't be investigating alone.
A sharp-tongued performer, a fiercely protective woman with a dependable Buick, and an assortment of unlikely allies begin to form what will become Buck's Dugout Crew. They're resourceful, frequently outrageous, and much harder to intimidate than anyone expects. Buck brings the reporter's instincts, the stubborn loyalty, and an appetite that makes even a murder investigation something of a food tour.
As the clues lead from Chicago's ballparks to Miami's caf s and beyond, Buck discovers how much he never knew about the friend he thought he knew best. Finding the truth means confronting those secrets-and staying alive long enough to tell the story.
Dead Ball launches the Buck Christopher mystery series with baseball, friendship, irreverent humor, and adventure of The A-Team and Scooby-Doo proportions. Pack it for the beach, take it on vacation, or settle into your favorite chair for a mystery where the danger is real, the crew is unpredictable, and there's always time to argue about lunch.
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