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With matchmaking on her mind, Ellen Brodie looks forward to a quiet weekend with her husband, her son, and her favorite cousin’s attractive daughter, Lorry Preston, who is visiting from Alberta. But the weekend is doomed when Ellen’s husband invites his two legal partners and their quarreling wives; one of the legal partners includes his wife’s wallflower sister; Ellen’s son brings his devastatingly handsome best friend; a black sheep nephew shows up; and a new neighbor descends on them because of renovations. If that wasn’t enough, Lorry discovers a body in the Japanese garden. The law arrives in the persons of series characters Detective-Inspector Paul Manziuk and Detective Constable Jaqueline Ryan.
ISBN: 0-9685495-6-X trade paperback 384 pages 5.25" x 8.25" $12.95 US / $16.95 Cdn |
N. J. Lindquist once again hooks us with deftly-drawn characters, complex story-lines, and thought-provoking issues, served up with her unique mix of tongue-in-cheek humor and gentle compassion. This time, Lindquist takes readers into the world of major league baseball and its surrounding media. After Stasey Simon, an outspoken sports talk-show host, asks on-air for a volunteer to knock some sense into the home team’s temperamental new pitcher, Manziuk and Ryan hustle to catch a murderer swinging a lethal bat before the case escalates into an international incident. While keeping the characters and plot in the forefront, Lindquist also manages to explore the intricate, almost symbiotic relationships between the management, players, fans, and media that make Major League Baseball a vital part of the North American culture. As the crime threatens to escalate into an international incident, Manziuk draws on his own knowledge of baseball while his partner, Jacquie Ryan, tries to understand a game she’s never watched.
ISBN: 9780-9685495-8-2 hardcover 384 pages 5.5" x 8.5” $24.95 US / Cdn
ISBN: 9780-9685495-9-9 hardcover 384 pages 5.5" x 8.5” $24.95 US / Cdn |
