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Murder Is My Racquet: Fourteen Original Tales of Love, Death, and Tennis by Today's Great Writers

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

Other authors: Lawrence Block (Contributor), Kinky Friedman (Contributor), James W. Hall (Contributor), John Harvey (Contributor), Jeremiah Healy (Contributor)9 more, Stephen Hunter (Contributor), Judith Kelman (Contributor), Robert Leuci (Contributor), Peter Lovesey (Contributor), Mike Lupica (Contributor), David Morrell (Contributor), Ridley Pearson (Contributor), Lisa Scottoline (Contributor), Daniel Stashower (Contributor)

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Series: Sports Mystery Anthologies

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Murder is My Racquet is the most thrilling way to read about tennis, murder and intrigue. This collection of stories by famous mystery writers, including Ridley Pearson and Lawrence Block, deal with the prestige of the high-stakes race to become one of the few international tennis stars, the promotional opportunities involved, the elimination of tournament competition, and the strategy of tennis in general. Viewed as an elite game since its beginnings, tennis is the perfect sport for one-on-one play and murder! Authors also include Kinky Friedman, John Harvey, James W. Hall, Lisa Scottoline and many more!… (more)
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from Amazon: "There's something to suit every taste, from the short and light (Daniel Stashower's "A Peach of a Shot" and Kinky Friedman's "Tennis, Anyone?") to grittier psychological stories (John Harvey's "Promise" and Robert Leuci's "A Killer Overhead"). In Lisa Scottoline's amusing "Love Match," the tennis-playing protagonist is just plain lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Set in the South in 1948, Stephen Hunter's gripping "Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match" provides a lesson in race relations when a young white man, a ne'er-do-well from a wealthy family, tries to redeem himself by taking on a poor black man as his doubles partner. Notable chiefly for its closing pun is David Morrell's "Continental Grip," about the baffling murder of a Sante Fe, N.Mex., tennis pro. Other top-rank contributors include Lawrence Block, James W. Hall, Peter Lovesey and Judith Kelman. "
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Penzler, OttoEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Block, LawrenceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Friedman, KinkyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hall, James W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harvey, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Healy, JeremiahContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hunter, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kelman, JudithContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leuci, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lovesey, PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lupica, MikeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morrell, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pearson, RidleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Scottoline, LisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stashower, DanielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miller, Dan JohnNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Murder is My Racquet is the most thrilling way to read about tennis, murder and intrigue. This collection of stories by famous mystery writers, including Ridley Pearson and Lawrence Block, deal with the prestige of the high-stakes race to become one of the few international tennis stars, the promotional opportunities involved, the elimination of tournament competition, and the strategy of tennis in general. Viewed as an elite game since its beginnings, tennis is the perfect sport for one-on-one play and murder! Authors also include Kinky Friedman, John Harvey, James W. Hall, Lisa Scottoline and many more!

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