Baseball Mysteries

With baseball season fully underway, now is the perfect time to check out one of these baseball mysteries available at your Community Library!

Drawing Card by Dorothy Seymour Mills: In the early 20th century, two female baseball players signed with minor league teams only to have their contracts canceled when their gender became public. In this historical novel, Cleveland pitcher Annie Cardello does not go so quietly. Drawing Card demonstrates the danger of a woman scorned, especially one with a mean curve ball.

Caught Stealing by Charlie Houston: Henry Thompson, a former California ball player turned New York bartender, running for his life (and using his baseball bat in a totally new way) when something in his previous sports life sets a cast of thugs, goons, and mafia hit men on his tail.

Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker:  Parker takes a straightforward plot—for reasons unknown, a top Red Sox pitcher may be throwing games—and turns it into a thrilling kill-or-be-killed tale, as well as a look at the dark side of baseball, where gamblers are always on the lookout for weaknesses to be exploited.