Read it or Weep

More on Baseball May 20, 2008

Donna’s post about baseball reminds me of last spring when I prepared for going to Florida to see spring training games in Winter Haven. I decided to read a few baseball themed books. I tracked down some baseball mysteries by a Canadian writer named Alison Gordon. The titles I read were Safe at Home (1990) and Night Game (1992). Gordon is a good writer, who before writing fiction, was a sports reporter for the Toronto Star. Unfortunately, it seems she stopped writing her baseball mysteries featuring the character of Kate Henry in 1997.

I also enjoy Steve Hamilton’s books, and his character, Alex McKnight, was once a professional baseball player so there frequently are baseball references in his books. The Hunting Wind is one of the titles that really emphasizes the baseball. In fact the opening lines of the book are “When the left-hander found me, I was sitting in my usual chair in front of the fire, trying to stay warm. The calendar said April, but April in Paradise is still cold enough to hurt you, and I could feel the sting of it in my hands and on my face. I sat there by the fire, watching the baseball game on the television over the bar …”

~Ann