Parker Field
Willie Black Series, Book 3
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نقد و بررسی
April 14, 2014
In Hammett Prize–winner Owen’s enjoyable third mystery featuring biracial Richmond, Va., newspaper reporter Willie Black (after 2013’s The Philadelphia Quarry), Willie rushes to the scene of a shooting in Monroe Park. The victim turns out to be Les Hacker, the 79-year-old boyfriend of Willie’s drug-toking mother, Peggy. The single rifle shot that severely wounded Les, who was once a minor league baseball player, appears to have been deliberate. While Les is in the hospital, Jumpin’ Jimmy Deacon, a baseball nut, tells Willie stories about Les’s career with the 1964 Richmond Virginians and the colorful contingent that made up that team. Willie senses a good story, but discovers some strange mortality figures when he begins searching for the starting nine. The deliciously flawed Willie must contend with ex-wives and offbeat friends like Awesome Dude, not to mention an adversarial relationship with newspaper management and Richmond police chief L.D. Jones, on his way to righting another injustice.
June 1, 2014
Willie wants to find out who's systematically killing the starting lineup for Richmond's 1964 minor league baseball team. Number three (after The Philadelphia Quarry) dishes up more crime for Owen's protagonist, a biracial reporter from Virginia. The first title in the series (Oregon Hill) won the Hammett Prize.
Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
May 1, 2014
Who would want to shoot Les Hacker? The former catcher for the Richmond Virginians minor-league baseball team is a genuinely nice man, although a bit addled at the age of 79. He's also the longtime boyfriend of reporter Willie Black's mother, Peggy, making him the closest thing to a stepdaddy Willie has ever known. Skeptical about the shooting suspect, Willie is intrigued by the 1964 Richmond Vees starting lineup, most of whose members have died well before their time, with only Les and the former right fielder still living. And then Willie figures out that whoever has sent puzzling numerical postcards to the players' survivors has been keeping score. In his third outing (after The Philadelphia Quarry, 2013), Willie faces the possibility of personal loss while puzzling out the mystery of who shot Les and why, leading to a deadly confrontation. Baseball (and the consequences to players of sowing wild oats) adds a welcome dimension to this series, which is already notable for its strong characterizations, Willie Black prime among them.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)
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