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Midnight Voices: A NovelThe sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and e
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Death on the Downs (Fethering Mystery)While out walking around the town, sensible Carole Seddon comes across the bones of a human skeleton and joins forces with Jude, h
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Shall We Tell the President?After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane's has finally become the first woman president in Ame
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Something Wicked (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 3)Everyone--including mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance--loves Arsenic and Old Lace. But something wicked is poisoned a loca
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Skeleton Hill (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery)“Peter Lovesey is the real deal. A top master of the police procedural British subgenre, he's an ace at spinning out teasingly s
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Mystery Movies
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The Da Vinci Code (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)Dan Brown's international bestseller comes alive in the film THE DA VINCI CODE, directed by Ron Howard with a screenplay by Akiva
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Mystic RiverThree friends who grew up in working-class Boston drift apart after a terrible tragedy. Years later, brutal events reconnect them.
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Arlington RoadA gripping contemporary thriller about the terrible truths that can hide behind everyday appearances, ARLINGTON ROAD is an intense
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The NegotiatorNegotiator, The (DVD)Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee Samuel L. Jackson ("Snakes on a Plane," the second
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - Wild Pitch
Wild Pitch
Author: A.B. Guthrie
A self-made cattle baron with a bad habit of letting his stock graze on his neighbors’ property, Buster Hogue has stepped on plenty of toes in Midbury, Montana. But orneriness is a virtue in this rough and beautiful land, and Buster’s disputes have always ended amicably—until tonight. Shot in the head at a picnic outside town, the crusty old rancher is rushed to the hospital barely alive. On a night when the moon shone bright enough to take target practice by, no one saw who pulled the trigger or where the bullet came from.
With a plethora of motives and no real evidence, Sheriff Chick Charleston sets out to solve his first case of attempted murder. Aided by his eager sidekick, seventeen-year-old local pitching prospect Jason Beard, the sheriff employs every ounce of his wit, intelligence, and intuition to track down the ruthless sniper. The trail ends in a climactic showdown that will change the investigative duo’s lives forever.
Populated with a colorful cast of local characters and enlivened by a wry humor and A. B. Guthrie Jr.’s keen appreciation for the rhythms of small-town Western life, Wild Pitch is the story of an impossible crime and the two men clever enough to solve it.