Glitter of Diamonds

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.

"In her second mystery after Shaded Light, Lindquist, a master of plotting, seeds her tale with concealed clues and innuendoes that keep readers guessing until the very end. Reminiscent of golden age mysteries, her latest will appeal to fans of classic mysteries." Library Journal

"Sports fans and readers who like police procedurals will want to read GLITTER OF DIAMONDS where famous baseball players are shown to be ordinary people with the same stress and problems as anyone else. The investigation is fascinating to watch as the police follow the clues and eliminate suspects one by one. N.J. Lindquist is a fine writer who tells an exciting baseball whodunit." Midwest Book Review

"Baseball. There are few things that say lazy, hazy summer days than that sport. But this book is anything but lazy or hazy – and is one hell of a read. A Christie–style mystery, this one does a good job of it…. There are plot twists enough to keep you occupied, and enough other entertaining material to please even the most demanding reader." Mysterical – E Reviewed by Vero Caravette

"This is the second outing for Toronto detectives Paul Manziuk and Jacqueline Ryan, with a cast of characters with a capital C – all manner of players, a Marilyn Monroe wannabe and the potential for an international incident. The bases are loaded, it’s the bottom of the ninth, who is on first, I don’t know, keep reading to find out the answer in this nicely done 'classical' mystery." Jack Quick for Book Bitch

"Although this is a story about a baseball team this is not laden with baseball. It is a mystery. The character Ryan has never seen a baseball game. So, if you fear it would bog you down, fear not … [A)ll in all it is an enjoyable read baseball fan or not." Futures Mostly Mystery Reviews

"The carefully plotted story is neatly integrated into the world of pro sports — the emotions of the fans, the business-dollar-hype of management and agents, plus the media persuasiveness when it comes to the mystery of baseball as part of our cultural fabric. The writing has humour, the story-telling is edged with compassion and the characters are well drawn. The story is baseball, the language is the stress, ego and entertainment of professional sport and the result is an exciting stand-up triple." The Hamilton Spectator

"Glitter of Diamonds is the second book in Canadian author, N.J. Lindquist's Manziuk and Ryan mystery series. I have not read the first book in the series, Shaded Light, but if it was anything like Glitter of Diamonds, it is worth reading…. This is a modern-day whodunit, much in the style of the classic Christie novels. There are plot twists galore and you are guessing to the end. I had to stay up all night to finish it…." Natalie York, Armchair Interviews

"Although this reviewer very seldom watches a baseball game, listens to a talk show sportscaster, or ever reads anything on the sports page of the newspaper, this book was written in such a way that it's possible for someone like myself to enjoy the story…. Glitter of Diamonds is a book worth reading. N. J. Lindquist is fantastic in telling this story with humor, compassion, and commitment." Betty of the Betz Review, Hidden Staircase Mystery Reviews