Death On The Diamond

And its one, two, three strikes youre out at the old ball game forever. The St. Louis Cardinals may be a hard-luck club rallying toward the pennant, but with a killer afoot, theyre on a losing streak of lives! A brisk, well-played matchup of whodunit and national pastime, Death on the Diamond boasts a roster of all-stars who hit this improbable plot out of the park with humor and conviction. After batboy Mickey Rooney finds acid-laced gloves at spring training, suspects and targets mount all season long, compelling pitcher Robert Young himself a suspect despite dodging two assassination attempts to bring his A-game to catching the murderer. Is it a financier poised to snatch the franchise from its indebted owner, a gambling cartel angling to improve its odds, ex-players ejected in a betting scandal, Youngs rival for club secretary, Madge Evans or someone else? With on-deck supporting pros Nat Pendleton, Ted Healy, Paul Kelly, Edward Brophy and blinkof-the-eye hotdog vendor Walter Brennan, Death on the Diamond swings for the fences and scores.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 24 januari, 2016