| Murder at the Foul Line: Original Basketball Mysteries |  | Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: New Millennium Audio
Category: Book
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Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 8
ISBN: 159007274X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781590072745
ASIN: 159007274X
Publication Date: September 2003
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Book Description
When murder, msytery and suspense are thrown onto the court, basketball can become a deadly game. Amazing athletic displays, astronomical salaries, outrageous bets, rich and famous owners, coaches, managers and groupies...all are part of the game of hoops and appear in this collection, the fifth in the popular series by noted mystery anthologist Otto Penzler. With contributions from the finest names in crime and suspense writing today, including Alexie Sherman, Harlen Coben, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Lawrence Block, Laurie R. King and more...this latest collection is sure to please hoops fans and mystery lovers both.
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fine sports mystery anthology December 27, 2005
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Using real anecdotal examples from headlines over the last two decades Otto Penzler implies that modern day basketball and criminal behavior share the courts. Thus this marriage led to the fourteen short stories that make up the fine MURDER AT THE FOUL LINE. The contributors are a who's who of mystery though some are surprises as the sport link is not evident in their resumes. Each tale is solid with some contributions (those of George Pelecanos and Laurie R. King) being backboard shattering dunks that Chocolate Thunder would have relished adding to his repertoire. Overall a fun steady anthology with no air balls, but few fast break slam dunks; still sports mystery readers will enjoy the compilation as the violations by the protagonists lead to a winning series of shots.
Harriet Klausner
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