Sun 14 Oct 2018
Archived Mystery Review: ALISON GORDON – The Dead Pull Hitter.
Posted by Steve under Baseball , Reviews[3] Comments
ALISON GORDON – The Dead Pull Hitter. Kate Henry #1. St. Martin’s Press, hardcover, 1989. Onyx, paperback, 1991.
Kate Henry is a sportswriter covering the fictional Toronto Titans, and just as the team clinches their first playoff spot, both the designated hitter and the team’s star pitcher are both found murdered. Involved are drugs, blackmail and (just maybe) sex.
Since Alison Gordon previously spent five years covering the real-life Blue Jays, she knows how to write, and this peek inside the locker room seems authentic, smell of sweaty socks and all. The mystery is less convincing, but Kate Henry is a character I’d like to meet again.
The Kate Henry series —
The Dead Pull Hitter (1988)
Safe at Home (1990)
Night Game (1992)
Striking Out (1995)
Prairie Hardball (1997)
October 14th, 2018 at 10:21 pm
This seems to be as much as I can do using my iPhone. A cover image and other enhancements will have to come later.
October 15th, 2018 at 6:11 am
I know I read at least one of these, but I think that was all.
October 16th, 2018 at 3:00 am
In spite of the last sentence of this review, I’ve read only this one of the series too. Not because of any change of heart, but just another case of too many books, all of them trying to attract my attention.
And as far as this blog is concerned, it’s a case of too little time. I meant to do the embellishments sto this post yesterday, and here it is today.