From: Susan Knorr <Sknorr>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 16:50:28 -0600

One book that comes to mind is When No One Was Looking by Rosemary Wells (Dial, 1980). The protagonist is a tennis player whose opponent is found dead (murdered). Wells explores the psychology of competition and the desire to win-at-all-costs, but presents it through a great whodunit. Baseball plays a role in the story, too, as Kathy claims that she was at a Red Sox game at the time of the murder, but she has no ticket stub or program to support her alibi. This isn't a play-by-play type of sports book, but I think that's what makes this stand out from the obvious pattern of a lot of the sports series. Tennis and baseball happen to be Kathy's passion; readers who don't know either sport can still get caught up in the emotions of the characters and the elements of the mystery.

Susan Knorr, Branch Manager, East Library 1910 E. North Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202 414(6058 Fax: 414(6?31 sknorr at mpl.org
Received on Fri 08 Jan 1999 04:50:28 PM CST