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Bull Cochran #2
Squeezeplay
Squeezeplay
David F. Nighbert
When Houston Astros pitcher “Holy Joe” Ahern is found dead in a hotel room with a star employee of Goodtimes Executive Escorts, the police call it murder-suicide. Bull Cochran calls it foul play.
Joe was his friend, and Bull knows no pitcher with 16 wins in mid-August would kill himself. But Bull still bears scars from the last time he played detective, and he might’ve stayed out of it if the bad guys hadn’t made him angry. He isn’t called Bull for nothing.
Squeezeplay is the sequel to the acclaimed Strikezone and was a finalist for the Nero Award for the Best American Detective Novel.
Praise for
“The book moves at a lightning clip.”
—— Publishers Weekly
“Fierce, fast-paced, and slickly told.”
—— Kirkus Reviews
“Cochran is good fun, and the baseball ambience will please the growing number of fans who like their sports and their murder in the same package.”
—— Booklist
“The book is fast action from start to finish with a cast of characters as sharp and as clear as broken glass. Nighbert delivers a novel that has teeth, meat, and bones enough to catch readers and hold them to the last page.”
—— Knoxville News-Sentinel
DAVID F. NIGHBERT lives with his wife, mystery novelist Sheila York, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
David F. Nighbert
When Houston Astros pitcher “Holy Joe” Ahern is found dead in a hotel room with a star employee of Goodtimes Executive Escorts, the police call it murder-suicide. Bull Cochran calls it foul play.
Joe was his friend, and Bull knows no pitcher with 16 wins in mid-August would kill himself. But Bull still bears scars from the last time he played detective, and he might’ve stayed out of it if the bad guys hadn’t made him angry. He isn’t called Bull for nothing.
Squeezeplay is the sequel to the acclaimed Strikezone and was a finalist for the Nero Award for the Best American Detective Novel.
Praise for
“The book moves at a lightning clip.”
—— Publishers Weekly
“Fierce, fast-paced, and slickly told.”
—— Kirkus Reviews
“Cochran is good fun, and the baseball ambience will please the growing number of fans who like their sports and their murder in the same package.”
—— Booklist
“The book is fast action from start to finish with a cast of characters as sharp and as clear as broken glass. Nighbert delivers a novel that has teeth, meat, and bones enough to catch readers and hold them to the last page.”
—— Knoxville News-Sentinel
DAVID F. NIGHBERT lives with his wife, mystery novelist Sheila York, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
263 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 1992
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About the author
David F. Nighbert
7 booksDavid Franklin Nighbert is an actor and author of two Sci-Fi books and three mysteries set around an ex baseball player.
Series:
* Wheel
* Bull Cochran
Series:
* Wheel
* Bull Cochran
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April 23, 2025
Loved reading about the areas of Houston I remember from that timeframe... Story was a nice little mystery - not really tied into baseball beyond the main character being an ex-player and the story revolving around the Astros players, a little bit.
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