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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 12:12:14 -0600
I'm so glad to find out that you also remember this superb novel, Sue. Although I don't know if When No One Was Looking has stood the test of time, I can still feel the pressure and tension of athletic competition Wells evoked, not to mention the drama of the mystery. I've always wished she would try her hand at suspense - and maybe sports, as well - again.
Has anyone read this book recently? ...Ginny
************************************************************ Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA CCBC Phone: 608&3720
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 Sat 09 Jan 1999 12:12:14 PM CST
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 12:12:14 -0600
I'm so glad to find out that you also remember this superb novel, Sue. Although I don't know if When No One Was Looking has stood the test of time, I can still feel the pressure and tension of athletic competition Wells evoked, not to mention the drama of the mystery. I've always wished she would try her hand at suspense - and maybe sports, as well - again.
Has anyone read this book recently? ...Ginny
************************************************************ Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA CCBC Phone: 608&3720
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 Sat 09 Jan 1999 12:12:14 PM CST
