Striking Out

by Alison Gordon

Book Overview

It is the summer of 1994 and the major-league baseball players have taken their balls and bats and gone home. With no beat to cover, sportswriter Kate Henry finds herself with rare time off to relax... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771034156
• ISBN13: 9780771034152
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A Seamless summer story

The wry wit and evocative description of the characters and places while solving a well-plotted mystery have made Allison Gordon one of my favorite crime writers.

smooth, striking. and sexy

The story takes place in 1994 at the beginning of the baseball strike and baseball reporter Kate Henry has no games to cover.She is at home in Toronto contemplating the strike.She and two teenage friends share some concern for an apparently homeless woman,Maggie, who lives in an alley near their apartment. Their is some racial unrest in Toronto since the shooting of a black man by the police...This is a well written,well plotted and fascinating study of the homeless,the difficulties of policework, and the affects of trauma on relationships. A very enjoyable read with an active, intelligent, and capable heroine.The other characters are believable and fun.