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Kill the Quarterback
When a star quarterback is killed before his senior year, hardboiled reporter Mitch Sawyer must battle personal and professional demons in order to track down a killer before he strikes again.
Mitch Sawyer likes a good murder. A good murder means his stories will probably land on the front page of the Nashville Daily Tribune. But this one is different. This one is Jimmy Chin Lee, brilliant quarterback at Vanderbilt University and possibly — probably — the next Heisman Trophy winner. But two weeks before the season is to begin, Lee is found dead in his west side apartment, victim of a gunshot wound.
There are no clues. There’s nothing that the forensic team can produce that will point in any direction. There’s only a rumor about a girlfriend, someone that no one seems to have seen.
Then Mitch finds her. Rather, she finds him. She’s afraid. She thinks either the police are going to charge her with Jimmy Chin’s murder or she is going to be killed herself. She asks Mitch for help.
Thus, Mitch enters a vortex of professional and cultural complexities that eventually make him the target of the killer.
Readers have called Kill the Quarterback
“. . . good read, and well-written by a guy who knows his stuff. . . “
“ . . . A real page turner an well worth price!”
“(Stovall) writes about the back-room politics of a major newspaper like he’s BTDT - been there, done that.”
Mitch Sawyer likes a good murder. A good murder means his stories will probably land on the front page of the Nashville Daily Tribune. But this one is different. This one is Jimmy Chin Lee, brilliant quarterback at Vanderbilt University and possibly — probably — the next Heisman Trophy winner. But two weeks before the season is to begin, Lee is found dead in his west side apartment, victim of a gunshot wound.
There are no clues. There’s nothing that the forensic team can produce that will point in any direction. There’s only a rumor about a girlfriend, someone that no one seems to have seen.
Then Mitch finds her. Rather, she finds him. She’s afraid. She thinks either the police are going to charge her with Jimmy Chin’s murder or she is going to be killed herself. She asks Mitch for help.
Thus, Mitch enters a vortex of professional and cultural complexities that eventually make him the target of the killer.
Readers have called Kill the Quarterback
“. . . good read, and well-written by a guy who knows his stuff. . . “
“ . . . A real page turner an well worth price!”
“(Stovall) writes about the back-room politics of a major newspaper like he’s BTDT - been there, done that.”
366 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2017
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About the author
James Glen Stovall
43 books12 followersJames Glen Stovall (Jim) is a retired professor of journalism who lives in East Tennessee. During his teaching career, he taught at the University of Alabama (1978-2003), Emory and Henry College (2003-2006) and the University of Tennessee (2006-2016). He is now working on a second career writing young adult fiction and mysteries.
Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism.
Other books include:
• Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape
• Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War
In addition to writing, Jim likes to paint (watercolor), draw (pen and ink), play music (dulcimer and banjo), garden and piddle around in his woodworking shop.
Jim grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and that is his favorite setting for his novels.
Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism.
Other books include:
• Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape
• Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War
In addition to writing, Jim likes to paint (watercolor), draw (pen and ink), play music (dulcimer and banjo), garden and piddle around in his woodworking shop.
Jim grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and that is his favorite setting for his novels.
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February 12, 2019
KILL THE QUARTERBACK by Jim Stovall was not only a very good book but an ebook I looked forward to reading from beginning to end. The characters were interesting, both good and bad, and the storyline intriguing. Mitch Sawyer is a police newspaper reporter for the paper in Nashville, TN. He is working on learning why the Vanderbilt quarterback, Jimmy Chin Lee was murdered in his senior year of college as a young woman named Angie Ming asks him to find those answers because she doesn’t trust the police. The more Mitch looks for answers, the more mysteries he uncovers. I was surprised when I learned said answers and would happily read more of Mr. Stovall’s written efforts.
September 10, 2017
I mainly was interested in this story because it was from the perspective of a journalist. It was an okay whodunit, the guilty party was not obvious, but not that surprising either. I didn't care for the 11 year old character with the foul mouth...and there was too much nonsense language, although it mostly was "less offensive" cussing. I'll find other authors before I read anymore by Mr Stovall.
June 8, 2019
Interesting story with a lot of twists and turns. Compelling reading. Can’t say much because of spoilers so I’ll just “Read the book! It’s so worth the time!”
May 2, 2017
This has two of my favorite things, football and a mystery. I enjoyed this book very well. The story is written so you feel like you are almost right there with them. This story kept my wondering who the killer was right to the end. I received ARC of this book. The review is entirely my own opinion.
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