Parker Field (Mystery)
By Howard Owen
ISBN #978-1579623616
Price $28.00
224 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“A Topnotch Mystery”
Willie Black, a Richmond, Virginia newspaperman, is divorced
and sharing a room with an old childhood pal. His mother is usually high on
drugs, but caring and loving. She is living with a gentle old man, and they
have a vagabond druggie living with them. When the old man is shot near the
apartment where Willie lives, he’s one of the first on the scene. Why would
someone shoot a 79-year-old man, who has never said a bad word about anyone? In
truth, Les Hacker was closer to a real father than his real dad or previous
stepdads. With Hacker in the hospital, Willie has to look into the case for the
newspaper.
Les Hacker had played at Parker Field with the minor league baseball
team in Richmond. His last game was in 1964. Willie finds a clue that all of
the team members have met with mysterious injuries or death. Only two members
are still alive, and one of those, Les Hacker, has just been shot. The police
have arrested a suspect, a homeless veteran living in the park, but Willie has
some doubts about his guilt.
This was a darn good mystery, even though we were
given enough clues to figure out what was going on, as well as the motive.
Readers will figure who the killer is, but Willie has to bring everyone along
with him as he runs down surviving family members, supposedly while writing an
article about the old minor league team. In actuality, he’s looking for a
motive and who could be behind the mysterious deaths. Personally, I would have preferred
less language, but this is a topnotch mystery, and the characters come alive. Highly
recommended.
Tom Johnson
Detective Mystery Stories
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