tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post3343705631034676739..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Forgotten Book: DEATH IN THE BACK POCKET, Peter Fitzpatrick & Barbara WenzelKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-65313021042712505892011-04-09T07:47:22.467+09:302011-04-09T07:47:22.467+09:30My expertise is always in vintage mysteries so her...My expertise is always in vintage mysteries so here's my list. Most are from the 30s and 40s, with the Lovesey book being the most recent (1970s).<br /><br />Cortland Fitzsimmons, an American writer of very mediocre mysteires during the 1930s, specialized in sports mysteries.<br /><br />CRIMSON ICE - murder during a hockey game<br /><br />70,000 WITNESSES - football player poisoned during a game. But how?<br /><br />DEATH ON THE DIAMOND - a baseball team is systematically murdered over the course of the novel<br /><br />Herbert Adams wrote several golf mysteries featuring his series detective Roger Bennion. Some of them are THE GOLF HOUSE MURDER, DEATH OFF THE FAIRWAY, THE BODY IN THE BUNKER, THE NINETEENTH HOLE MYSTERY, etc. <br /><br />And some more unusual sporting choices: <br /><br />ICE BEFORE KILLING By Marion Strobel (figure skating)<br /><br />WOBBLE TO DEATH by Peter Lovesey(race walking competition- Victorian era)<br /><br />THE POISON FLY MURDER by Harriet Rutland (fly fishing) This one is reviewed at my blog. Very hard to find book, but a brilliantly conceived story.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-84142631654718552812011-04-09T06:39:35.972+09:302011-04-09T06:39:35.972+09:30Over at Amazon if you search Mysteries - sports it...Over at Amazon if you search Mysteries - sports it turns up 298 results including some collections by Otto Penzler.<br /><br />My favorite is Jasper Fforde's "Something Rotten" where Thursday Next and the Swindon Mallets compete in the 1988 Croquet Superhoop final. Go Mallets!michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-41383205183894987652011-04-09T01:17:35.399+09:302011-04-09T01:17:35.399+09:30Good question, Kerrie.
Off the top of my head:
H...Good question, Kerrie. <br />Off the top of my head:<br /><br />Harlan Coben's very early Myron Bolitar books feature several sports/game settings. Basketball, tennis and golf among them. Myron himeslf is an ex-basketball player. <br /><br />Aaron Elkins and his wife Charlotte write a series of golf-related mysteries.<br /><br />And of course Dick Francis wrote several mysteries set at the race track: the sport of kings.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-89620429196230158672011-04-08T22:26:16.736+09:302011-04-08T22:26:16.736+09:30I read one called Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fift...I read one called <i>Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test</i> about a cricket match between English and Australian teams. By the end I think I almost understood cricket. Then I forgot, and reading about a match in Robert Goddard's recent <i>Long Time Coming</i> left me bewildered.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-37899087233923445062011-04-08T18:56:28.068+09:302011-04-08T18:56:28.068+09:30Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Perhaps Aliso...Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Perhaps Alison Gordon was the one I was thinking of, Bill, connected to baseball. And I should have known the Peter Temple one!Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-50494675380969973222011-04-08T16:03:00.703+09:302011-04-08T16:03:00.703+09:30Kerrie: You have asked about sports, one of my oth...Kerrie: You have asked about sports, one of my other passions. In my spare time I have been writing a sports column for 33 years.<br /><br />With regard to mysteries there is a series by the Canadian mystery author, Alison Gordon, about professional baseball. Alison was the first woman sportswriter to cover regularly a major league sports team in Toronto in 1979.<br /><br />Her character Kate Henry is a sports writer solving mysteries.<br /><br />One of the mysteries, Prairie Hardball, is set in Saskatchewan and features a baseball banquet which, in real life, I was in attendance.<br /><br />In Peter Temple's book, Irish Rose, the local rural Australian Rules football team is an important part of Mac Farraday's life.<br /><br />Lastly, different countries use different language. In North American we go to baseball or football games rather than matches.<br /><br />Thanks for the chance to talk sports.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-31560539010386279092011-04-08T03:31:42.370+09:302011-04-08T03:31:42.370+09:30I am not sure it is set AT a sports match, but in ...I am not sure it is set AT a sports match, but in Elizabeth GeorgeĀ“s Playing for the Ashes cricket is very important (read it several years ago). <br /><br />In my own "The Cosy Knave" a murder takes place during a football game, but that was probably not what you were thinking of ;)Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-18823925942980506542011-04-07T22:04:26.241+09:302011-04-07T22:04:26.241+09:30There are some tennis ones listed here
BREAKING P...There are some tennis ones listed <a href="http://www.tenniscollectables.com/novels.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />BREAKING POINT - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES - a murder mystery set at the French Open<br /><br />KILLER INSTINCT - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. <br /><br />CENTRE COURT MURDER - BERNARD NEWMAN - set at Wimbledon<br /><br />DEATH ON THE CENTRE COURT - GEORGE GOODCHILD - set at WimbledonKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-7186565716266094402011-04-07T21:33:37.735+09:302011-04-07T21:33:37.735+09:30I'm sure I have read a mystery set at the Wimb...I'm sure I have read a mystery set at the Wimbledon finals but I haven't got a clue who wrote it or what it was called.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-43574702486038874252011-04-07T21:00:17.736+09:302011-04-07T21:00:17.736+09:30Kerrie - There's a cricket match in Dorothy Sa...Kerrie - There's a cricket match in Dorothy Sayers' <i>Murder Must Advertise</i>. And Michael Balkind's Reid Clark novels take place around golf matches. Oh, and then there's Dick Francis' Sid Halley novels. Some of them take place at horse racing events, although I'm not sure you'll count those as sporting matches...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com