The Cincinnati Red Stalkings:: A Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery [Paperback]

Equal parts baseball and mystery are the perfect proportion. --Robert Parker

The Big Dead Machine

It's 1921, and journeyman infielder Mickey Rawlings finds himself on yet another team, the Cincinnati Reds, who everyone remembers for winning the 1919 World Series against the infamous Chicago Black Sox. In an effort to refurbish their image, Oliver Perrimen, a die-hard Reds fan cooks up a memorabilia exhibit of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who went undefeated in a historic coast-to-coast romp. But before the tour can reach first base, someone strikes Ollie out with a well-placed bullet. Since murder seems to follow Mickey around like a hitting slump he can't quite quit, he starts snagging clues. Soon enough he finds his hands full with a forgotten murder, breaking and entering, and an angry girlfriend. But when the game of his own life is on the line, Mickey Rawlings is a born survivor. At least he hopes. . .

Praise for the Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mysteries

Full of life. --The New York Times Book ReviewonHanging Curve

A perfect book for the rain delay. . .a winner! --USA TodayonMurder at Fenway Park

Delightful. . .mixing suspense, period detail that will leave readers eager for subsequent innings. --Publishers WeeklyonMurder at Fenway ParkTroy Soosis a critically acclaimed author, teacher, and former research physicist. He is best known for his Mickey Rawlings series of baseball mysteries. His novels have been reviewed in theNew York Times,Boston Globe, andUSA Today. Soos is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Society for American Baseball Research. He currently lives in Lake Howell, Florida (near Winter Park, Florida).US