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Mickey Rawlings #7
The Tomb That Ruth Built
“Rawlings turns double plays and solves murders with equal grace.” – Publishers Weekly
Mickey Rawlings is Back!
The Roaring America is dancing to jazz, gangsters are selling bootleg liquor, and the New York Yankees are building a baseball dynasty. In 1923, Yankee Stadium opens and Babe Ruth is about to lead the team to its first world’s championship. But the promising season gets off to an ominous start when the body of a murdered bootlegger is found buried in the new ballpark. Utility infielder Mickey Rawlings, in his first year with the Yankees, is called to investigate and soon gets caught in the crossfire of rival gangsters. The Tomb That Ruth Built is the seventh in Troy Soos’s acclaimed Mickey Rawlings baseball mystery series.
“Troy Soos captures the period perfectly.” – Lawrence Ritter, author of The Glory of Their Times
Praise for Troy Soos and the Mickey Rawlings Baseball
“Baseball and mystery team up for a winner.” – USA Today (on Murder at Fenway Park)
“Full of life.” – New York Times (on Hanging Curve)
“An entertaining double play. . . The plot will appeal to mystery fans, baseball purists will appreciate Soos’s attention to detail.” – Orlando Sentinel (on Hunting a Detroit Tiger)
“Well-judged period background (including a winsome role for Casey Stengel) enlivens a solid mystery.” – Kirkus Reviews (on Murder at Ebbets Field)
“A richly atmospheric journey through time.” – Booklist
“Soos deftly weaves fictional characters with legends.” – Houston Chronicle
“Troy Soos does a red-letter job of mixing the mystery into a period when all baseball was played on fields that had real grass.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Tough and terrific.” – New York Daily News
“A perfect marriage between baseball and mystery fiction.” – Mystery Readers Journal
“You don’t have to be a baseball fan to love this marvelous historical series.” – Meritorious Mysteries
“Equal parts baseball and mystery are the perfect proportion.” – Robert B. Parker
Mickey Rawlings is Back!
The Roaring America is dancing to jazz, gangsters are selling bootleg liquor, and the New York Yankees are building a baseball dynasty. In 1923, Yankee Stadium opens and Babe Ruth is about to lead the team to its first world’s championship. But the promising season gets off to an ominous start when the body of a murdered bootlegger is found buried in the new ballpark. Utility infielder Mickey Rawlings, in his first year with the Yankees, is called to investigate and soon gets caught in the crossfire of rival gangsters. The Tomb That Ruth Built is the seventh in Troy Soos’s acclaimed Mickey Rawlings baseball mystery series.
“Troy Soos captures the period perfectly.” – Lawrence Ritter, author of The Glory of Their Times
Praise for Troy Soos and the Mickey Rawlings Baseball
“Baseball and mystery team up for a winner.” – USA Today (on Murder at Fenway Park)
“Full of life.” – New York Times (on Hanging Curve)
“An entertaining double play. . . The plot will appeal to mystery fans, baseball purists will appreciate Soos’s attention to detail.” – Orlando Sentinel (on Hunting a Detroit Tiger)
“Well-judged period background (including a winsome role for Casey Stengel) enlivens a solid mystery.” – Kirkus Reviews (on Murder at Ebbets Field)
“A richly atmospheric journey through time.” – Booklist
“Soos deftly weaves fictional characters with legends.” – Houston Chronicle
“Troy Soos does a red-letter job of mixing the mystery into a period when all baseball was played on fields that had real grass.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Tough and terrific.” – New York Daily News
“A perfect marriage between baseball and mystery fiction.” – Mystery Readers Journal
“You don’t have to be a baseball fan to love this marvelous historical series.” – Meritorious Mysteries
“Equal parts baseball and mystery are the perfect proportion.” – Robert B. Parker
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First published March 1, 2014
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About the author
Troy Soos
26 books89 followersTroy Soos is a writer and teacher based in Winter Park, Florida. Soos is best known for his "Mickey Rawlings" series of historical baseball novels (seven books set from 1912 to 1923). He also authored a four-book historical mystery series set in 1890s New York featuring Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies. Soos has written a nonfiction history of early New England baseball history, "Before the Curse," and two mystery short stories ("Pick-Off Play" and "Decision of the Umpire") now available as e-books. His newest release is "The Tomb That Ruth Built," the seventh in the Mickey Rawlings series (published March 2014).
Series:
* Mickey Rawlings
* Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies
Series:
* Mickey Rawlings
* Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies
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June 14, 2016
Ballplaying detective Mickey Rawlings is back in this fast paced, historical mystery The Tomb that Ruth Built. This time it is 1923 and Rawlings is playing for the Yankees in Yankee Stadium's inaugural year. The team has signed him as much for his abilities off the field as on it; however, as word of Rawling's detecting abilities has spread around the league. This time a bootlegger is found murdered in a wall behind a concession stand and Yankees brass would like Rawlings to investigate. His willingness to participate on the case could determine his future with the team, as his days as a utility playing infielder seem to be winding down. Begrudgingly, Rawlings goes to work.
Enlisting the help of his now fiancé Margie and old friend journalist Karl Landfors, Rawlings enters speakeasies and jazz clubs in an attempt to find the murderer. Interspersed in his investigation is his involvement in the Yankees and his interactions with manager Miller Huggins, Babe Ruth, and other Yankee players. I found an especially charming scene while in Boston that Ruth takes Rawlings to his country estate to get away from the limelight and share a meal discussing the intricacies of the game. Also mentioned throughout the book are Coney Island, the Jimmy Durante jazz combo, the beginnings of the mob, and the DW Griffith studios where Margie currently works. A fast paced mystery set in 1920s I was able to read it over the course of a day and recommend it to mystery and baseball fans alike.
Enlisting the help of his now fiancé Margie and old friend journalist Karl Landfors, Rawlings enters speakeasies and jazz clubs in an attempt to find the murderer. Interspersed in his investigation is his involvement in the Yankees and his interactions with manager Miller Huggins, Babe Ruth, and other Yankee players. I found an especially charming scene while in Boston that Ruth takes Rawlings to his country estate to get away from the limelight and share a meal discussing the intricacies of the game. Also mentioned throughout the book are Coney Island, the Jimmy Durante jazz combo, the beginnings of the mob, and the DW Griffith studios where Margie currently works. A fast paced mystery set in 1920s I was able to read it over the course of a day and recommend it to mystery and baseball fans alike.
October 13, 2020
It is 1923 and another baseball season is underway. This time, Mickey Rawlings, a veteran utility infielder and journeyman baseball player, is now playing for the New York Yankees, an up-and-coming team in the major leagues with the star player of the age: Babe Ruth.
Rawlings (with his beloved sweetheart Margie, whom he had met a decade earlier at a movie studio, where she worked as an actress) had no sooner settled in with the team, than he is called in by the Yankee management to help solve a problem that - if exposed to the press - could pose serious problems for a team determined to return to the World Series, and this time, emerge as world champion. [At this time, the Yankees have yet to develop into the great baseball dynasty it would later become in subsequent years.] The body of a murdered bootlegger was found within the wall of the newly built Yankee Stadium. The dead gangster (Spats Pollard) proved to be someone Rawlings had known 5 years earlier, when both played for the Chicago Cubs - though they weren't exactly pals. From reading the novel, it became clear how much of an unsavory reputation Pollard had with anyone with whom he had dealings. (There is a likelihood that Pollard may have had dealings with Babe Ruth, who happens to be Rawlings' roommate.) The Yankees management has some awareness of Rawlings' sleuthing work with some of the other major league teams he played on and have made it clear to him that if he wants to continue playing for the Yankees, he has to help the management solve the Spats Pollard case - and keep Babe Ruth from being linked with even a hint of scandal.
And so it is that Rawlings embarks on what proves to be a perilous undertaking - dealing with both the NY police and a number of shady gangsters in a city caught up in the lucrative bootlegging business --- set against what proves to be an exciting season for the New York Yankees. This is the seventh - and final -novel of the series I've had the pleasure of reading over the last year. I recommend the series to anyone with a love for mystery novels and baseball.
Rawlings (with his beloved sweetheart Margie, whom he had met a decade earlier at a movie studio, where she worked as an actress) had no sooner settled in with the team, than he is called in by the Yankee management to help solve a problem that - if exposed to the press - could pose serious problems for a team determined to return to the World Series, and this time, emerge as world champion. [At this time, the Yankees have yet to develop into the great baseball dynasty it would later become in subsequent years.] The body of a murdered bootlegger was found within the wall of the newly built Yankee Stadium. The dead gangster (Spats Pollard) proved to be someone Rawlings had known 5 years earlier, when both played for the Chicago Cubs - though they weren't exactly pals. From reading the novel, it became clear how much of an unsavory reputation Pollard had with anyone with whom he had dealings. (There is a likelihood that Pollard may have had dealings with Babe Ruth, who happens to be Rawlings' roommate.) The Yankees management has some awareness of Rawlings' sleuthing work with some of the other major league teams he played on and have made it clear to him that if he wants to continue playing for the Yankees, he has to help the management solve the Spats Pollard case - and keep Babe Ruth from being linked with even a hint of scandal.
And so it is that Rawlings embarks on what proves to be a perilous undertaking - dealing with both the NY police and a number of shady gangsters in a city caught up in the lucrative bootlegging business --- set against what proves to be an exciting season for the New York Yankees. This is the seventh - and final -novel of the series I've had the pleasure of reading over the last year. I recommend the series to anyone with a love for mystery novels and baseball.
February 20, 2015
This has just been released in an audio edition and I’m thrilled with the production. Johnny Heller has done an incredible job of narration, and he voices the characters brilliantly!
October 5, 2015
Troy Soos has a knack for mysteries full of historical fiction, and this latest of the Mickey Rawlings series doesn't disappoint. Soos manages to describe the setting of Prohibition Era Major League Baseball in a vivid way, and entertain the reader with a murder mystery. I especially like his take on the Babe. (It may be the best twist in the book.) If you haven't read any of the Mickey Rawlings series, this book will stand on its own. It may not be the best mystery Mickey has to tackle, but this is an enjoyable read. If you haven't read any of the other Mickey Rawlings mysteries, I strongly recommend them to those of you who like mysteries and/or baseball. Start at the beginning with Murder At Fenway Park.
May 27, 2018
The Tomb That Ruth Built by Troy Soos is the 7th book of the Mickey Rawlings historical mystery series. It starts with the opening of the original Yankee Stadium in April 1923. Mickey Rawlings is a baseball veteran, has played on many teams through the years, and has mentored many young ballplayers. He's currently roommates with Babe Ruth, an attempt by the team manager to curb the Babe's extracurricular activities (drinking and womanizing).
Mickey is asked by the team manager to investigate the finding of a body inside the wall at a concession stand in the new stadium. It's strongly suggested to Mickey that his contract depends upon a successful solution to the crime, without adverse publicity for the new stadium. Making the task more of a challenge are the threats Mickey receives (from violent thugs) to drop his investigation.
I enjoyed the period details of NYC, Yankee team and stadium details, and of course Babe Ruth. I recommend reading the series in order, and hope it continues.
Mickey is asked by the team manager to investigate the finding of a body inside the wall at a concession stand in the new stadium. It's strongly suggested to Mickey that his contract depends upon a successful solution to the crime, without adverse publicity for the new stadium. Making the task more of a challenge are the threats Mickey receives (from violent thugs) to drop his investigation.
I enjoyed the period details of NYC, Yankee team and stadium details, and of course Babe Ruth. I recommend reading the series in order, and hope it continues.
July 6, 2015
"I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com".
I read the audio edition of this book, my first Mickey Rawlings book. As a big baseball/Yankees fan I really enjoyed this one. Lots of fun baseball moments on the field describing the "new" Yankee Stadium and baseball action scenes. The behind the scenes baseball stuff was really fun too. Johnny Heller's narration was on point. He has a cool henchmen voice that's my favorite. Recommend for baseball fans for sure.
I read the audio edition of this book, my first Mickey Rawlings book. As a big baseball/Yankees fan I really enjoyed this one. Lots of fun baseball moments on the field describing the "new" Yankee Stadium and baseball action scenes. The behind the scenes baseball stuff was really fun too. Johnny Heller's narration was on point. He has a cool henchmen voice that's my favorite. Recommend for baseball fans for sure.
March 14, 2016
Early 1920's baseball. A murder mystery. An excellent writer.
A winning combination.
Troy Soos certainly did his homework in order to paint a convincing portrait of 1923 baseball. The backgrounds of the players were fleshed out and their personalities certainly came through.
The twists and turns were logically resolved in the end.
The book was written in 2014 and the latest of seven Mickey Rawlings novels - the story of a utility player in the majors after WWI who winds up a detective when he's not turning double plays.
I want more !!!
A winning combination.
Troy Soos certainly did his homework in order to paint a convincing portrait of 1923 baseball. The backgrounds of the players were fleshed out and their personalities certainly came through.
The twists and turns were logically resolved in the end.
The book was written in 2014 and the latest of seven Mickey Rawlings novels - the story of a utility player in the majors after WWI who winds up a detective when he's not turning double plays.
I want more !!!
September 8, 2015
The book was over too soon! I enjoyed reading about Mickey Rawlings' adventures as a New York Yankee. If you like historical mysteries, and you like baseball, try this series by Troy Soos. Begin with Murder at Fenway Park. The first six books were published in the 1990s and were reprinted in 2013.
June 5, 2015
It's great to have Mickey Rawlings back in a new historical baseball mystery!
June 5, 2015
I'm delighted that this Mickey Rawlings historical mystery is now available in a paperback edition!
April 7, 2014
Rating:
5 of 5 stars (outstanding)
Review:
Mickey Rawlings, the utility infielder who is as adept at solving a murder as he is at fielding a scorching line drive, is back in the seventh installment of the Mickey Rawlings Murder Series by Troy Soos. This time, Mickey is now a New York Yankee at the start of the 1923 season and while he and girlfriend Margie are settling in the Bronx, there is a gruesome discovery at the site of the brand new Yankee Stadium. The body of a bootlegger has been found under the site and the team owner wants Mickey to help solve the crime. There are a few reasons why: one is that the victim was a former teammate of Rawlings, the owner doesn’t want the bad publicity and since Rawlings’ roommate is Babe Ruth, it also becomes Mickey’s job to be sure the Babe doesn’t get implicated in this as well.
If this sounds complicated, it really isn’t while reading the book. As with the other books in this series, Soos does a terrific job of weaving detailed and rich baseball scenes with the grittiness required when Rawlings needs to ask questions or might find himself needing to protect not only himself but Margie as well.
It should be noted that this book can be read as a stand-alone as well as any of the others in the series. Soos does describe enough about the characters so those readers who did not read the earlier books won’t be missing key details, yet it doesn’t repeat so many items that those who have read all of them won’t be skipping over those parts. That is not easy to do when writing a series, but Soos does so masterfully.
Not only is the baseball realistic, but so are the characters and sites that are set in the 1920’s. Prohibition was the big topic during the time frame of this novel and the reader feels like he or she is right there in the speak-easies with the characters. The descriptions of the scenes and the dialogue are realistic for the time frame and Soos’s writing shows that he is quite knowledgeable of that era as well.
Any baseball fan or fan of murder mysteries will enjoy this outstanding tale that is equal parts baseball and mystery.
I will to thank Mr. Soos for providing a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Did I skim?
No
Were the characters realistic?
Yes. Soos’s main characters in each of these novels, Mickey and Margie, are portrayed in a manner that the reader will be able to connect with them. Soos’s baseball knowledge and research are very helpful in making Mickey’s character believable as a major league baseball player. The other characters are not portrayed in an over the top manner so they are realistic as well.
Pace of the story:
Excellent
Do I recommend?
Yes. Baseball fans and murder mystery fans alike will enjoy the latest Mickey Rawlings saga.
5 of 5 stars (outstanding)
Review:
Mickey Rawlings, the utility infielder who is as adept at solving a murder as he is at fielding a scorching line drive, is back in the seventh installment of the Mickey Rawlings Murder Series by Troy Soos. This time, Mickey is now a New York Yankee at the start of the 1923 season and while he and girlfriend Margie are settling in the Bronx, there is a gruesome discovery at the site of the brand new Yankee Stadium. The body of a bootlegger has been found under the site and the team owner wants Mickey to help solve the crime. There are a few reasons why: one is that the victim was a former teammate of Rawlings, the owner doesn’t want the bad publicity and since Rawlings’ roommate is Babe Ruth, it also becomes Mickey’s job to be sure the Babe doesn’t get implicated in this as well.
If this sounds complicated, it really isn’t while reading the book. As with the other books in this series, Soos does a terrific job of weaving detailed and rich baseball scenes with the grittiness required when Rawlings needs to ask questions or might find himself needing to protect not only himself but Margie as well.
It should be noted that this book can be read as a stand-alone as well as any of the others in the series. Soos does describe enough about the characters so those readers who did not read the earlier books won’t be missing key details, yet it doesn’t repeat so many items that those who have read all of them won’t be skipping over those parts. That is not easy to do when writing a series, but Soos does so masterfully.
Not only is the baseball realistic, but so are the characters and sites that are set in the 1920’s. Prohibition was the big topic during the time frame of this novel and the reader feels like he or she is right there in the speak-easies with the characters. The descriptions of the scenes and the dialogue are realistic for the time frame and Soos’s writing shows that he is quite knowledgeable of that era as well.
Any baseball fan or fan of murder mysteries will enjoy this outstanding tale that is equal parts baseball and mystery.
I will to thank Mr. Soos for providing a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Did I skim?
No
Were the characters realistic?
Yes. Soos’s main characters in each of these novels, Mickey and Margie, are portrayed in a manner that the reader will be able to connect with them. Soos’s baseball knowledge and research are very helpful in making Mickey’s character believable as a major league baseball player. The other characters are not portrayed in an over the top manner so they are realistic as well.
Pace of the story:
Excellent
Do I recommend?
Yes. Baseball fans and murder mystery fans alike will enjoy the latest Mickey Rawlings saga.
August 17, 2018
Loved it! Damn, I'm gonna miss Mickey! Thanks for a great series, Troy
September 12, 2021
As I mentioned in my review of the first book in this series, I love baseball, history, and mysteries. Therefore, it's amazing to me that I had never read any entries in this series before, given that the books combine all three of those loves.
As I also mentioned in that review, I I know I've seen these books in bookstores over the years. And I think I even thumbed through one of them a time or two. But for some reason, I never read them...until now. And I'm SO glad I did - I really enjoyed reading the series.
I knew this entry was the final book in the series, so I was interested in seeing how Mr. Soos would end it. Would it be just another book, with an ending that in no way indicated this would be the last book? Or would he end it in a way that clearly indicated it was the last book? I never go into plot details to avoid spoilers, but I will say that it was the latter. Yes, he could still resurrect the series if he wanted to - it's not as if he killed off the protagonist (utility infielder Mickey Rawlings). And the conclusion is open-ended enough to allow the author to resume the series. But Roos tied up this book's plot in a way that indicates he planned on it being the final entry.
I will miss Mickey, Margie Turner, Karl Landfors, and the myriad baseball players, managers, and executives (both real and fictitious) that appeared in these novels. The books truly did combine my love of baseball, history, and mysteries in a fun and enjoyable way.
As I also mentioned in that review, I I know I've seen these books in bookstores over the years. And I think I even thumbed through one of them a time or two. But for some reason, I never read them...until now. And I'm SO glad I did - I really enjoyed reading the series.
I knew this entry was the final book in the series, so I was interested in seeing how Mr. Soos would end it. Would it be just another book, with an ending that in no way indicated this would be the last book? Or would he end it in a way that clearly indicated it was the last book? I never go into plot details to avoid spoilers, but I will say that it was the latter. Yes, he could still resurrect the series if he wanted to - it's not as if he killed off the protagonist (utility infielder Mickey Rawlings). And the conclusion is open-ended enough to allow the author to resume the series. But Roos tied up this book's plot in a way that indicates he planned on it being the final entry.
I will miss Mickey, Margie Turner, Karl Landfors, and the myriad baseball players, managers, and executives (both real and fictitious) that appeared in these novels. The books truly did combine my love of baseball, history, and mysteries in a fun and enjoyable way.
July 28, 2025
Wish there were more books
This series of Mickey Rawlings books has been a real joy to read. I only wish there were more but at least I got to enjoy these seven. Some books were better than others but each one had a wonderful combination of old time baseball and a murder mystery. But I'm sad because I feel like I most a friend to history as ill never know...the rest of the story.
This series of Mickey Rawlings books has been a real joy to read. I only wish there were more but at least I got to enjoy these seven. Some books were better than others but each one had a wonderful combination of old time baseball and a murder mystery. But I'm sad because I feel like I most a friend to history as ill never know...the rest of the story.
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January 17, 2022Pretty good job!
Because I love baseball, and the Yankees, I was engaged from line one. The protagonist, and his narrative voice, are all about the streets smarts of the roaring twenties and winning Yankee baseball. As corny as that might sound, its warming to enter yesteryear and imagine those I only read about and viewed on video.
Because I love baseball, and the Yankees, I was engaged from line one. The protagonist, and his narrative voice, are all about the streets smarts of the roaring twenties and winning Yankee baseball. As corny as that might sound, its warming to enter yesteryear and imagine those I only read about and viewed on video.
January 16, 2023
I have been a avid fan of this series. Mickey is a great likeable character, and I really like the way Soos intertwines baseball history and personalities into Mickey Rawlings' travels and experiences. Plus Mickey always somehow gets tied up in a murder or two. If you like baseball, and murder mysteries, this is a great series.
September 23, 2021
Mystery with history
The final book in the Mickey Rawlings series delivers engaging and likeable main characters along with a good mystery, baseball lore, and the flavor of the Jazz age in New York City. Highly recommended.
The final book in the Mickey Rawlings series delivers engaging and likeable main characters along with a good mystery, baseball lore, and the flavor of the Jazz age in New York City. Highly recommended.
June 6, 2018
Hope There are More
As a big fan of Troy Soos and his Mickey Rawlings mysteries, here’s hoping that more of these first-rate books will be written in the near future!
As a big fan of Troy Soos and his Mickey Rawlings mysteries, here’s hoping that more of these first-rate books will be written in the near future!
September 10, 2021
Mickey Rawlings Mystery Series #7, and last. Mickey is a Yankee and Babe Ruth's traveling roommate. Enjoyable read.
January 15, 2023
End of game?
If this is (was) the last of the series, it was the best yet. Thanks, Mr. Soos. Ball game over.
If this is (was) the last of the series, it was the best yet. Thanks, Mr. Soos. Ball game over.
August 10, 2014
I was excited to discover a seventh entry in the Mickey Rawlings series, which I have very much enjoyed. True to most of the other books, the murder mystery is somewhat flimsy and not the most interesting part of the book. If you are looking for great detection, this isn't really the book for you.
The book's strengths are the exciting baseball action scenes featuring real-life ballplayers, and the evocative recreation of the times it's set in. I have always found these aspects to be the most appealing of the series as a whole, however, this time there is no accompanying social commentary on topics such as unionization (Hunting a Detroit Tiger). Also, I got the distinct feeling that this book might be the last hurrah, as it calls back places and events of the previous books, and advances Mickey's character development with marriage to his longtime girlfriend. Add in that he's playing on the 1923 Yankees, who win the World Series, and all signs point to a nice conclusion for the series.
And then, right at the end of the book, Soos suckerpunches the reader by having Rawlings released from the team. This was such a stinging and cruel twist that I've docked the rating by a star just for that. I certainly hope that there will be another book and that Soos might finally give us what we want - this seemed like the ideal opportunity, and he sadly decided it was not to be.
The book's strengths are the exciting baseball action scenes featuring real-life ballplayers, and the evocative recreation of the times it's set in. I have always found these aspects to be the most appealing of the series as a whole, however, this time there is no accompanying social commentary on topics such as unionization (Hunting a Detroit Tiger). Also, I got the distinct feeling that this book might be the last hurrah, as it calls back places and events of the previous books, and advances Mickey's character development with marriage to his longtime girlfriend. Add in that he's playing on the 1923 Yankees, who win the World Series, and all signs point to a nice conclusion for the series.
And then, right at the end of the book, Soos suckerpunches the reader by having Rawlings released from the team. This was such a stinging and cruel twist that I've docked the rating by a star just for that. I certainly hope that there will be another book and that Soos might finally give us what we want - this seemed like the ideal opportunity, and he sadly decided it was not to be.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 31, 2016
Baseball, a who-dunnit mystery, and Historical fiction what could be a better combination. I have read all the books in the Mickey Rawlins series, and waited a long time to read this one. They are all quick reads, and a great way to pass a rainy weekend afternoon.
July 5, 2015
Glad for another addition to this series. Baseball and history what could be better
November 21, 2020
Love the Mickey Rawlings books. Not only a great mystery but a look into baseball in the early days.
October 1, 2024
The latest of Soos books in which baseball fans who are knowledgeable and old enough to understand the "Ruth" era. I enjoyed it.
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