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MARK THE CON
Millions of sports fans have always wondered what ever happened to the most famous baseball in history, Bobby Thomson’s 1951 pennant-winning home run baseball, known as “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” No one has seen the priceless ball since Thomson hit it almost seventy years ago. On the black market it is considered “The Holy Grail of Sports Memorabilia,” and memorabilia hunters will do anything to get their hands on it...even murder someone for it.
Other than the ball’s owner, no one but con artist extraordinaire Sir Mark Wellington knows the whereabouts of the famous baseball. However, in the sleepy town of Stirling River, NJ, Wellington is murdered by one of his con artist cronies one night aboard The Stirling River Queen, a ship that provides local historical tours. Now, the con artist who killed Wellington may also know the ball’s whereabouts. Unfortunately for the murderer, world-weary, amateur sleuth, Professor Stanislav Stiglitz, who has been avoiding his own demons, is mysteriously invited to give a historical tour aboard the Queen on the night the murder takes place. Stiglitz must join Wellington’s crew of con artists and help them lift the most famous baseball of all time if he is to figure out who killed Wellington. And the murder investigation is just what Stas needs to deflect focus on his own problems.
Meanwhile in a far away, upstate New York hospital, octogenarian Jimmy Donnelly has been keeping a secret for seventy years and is ready to tell the truth to his daughter, Jennifer. In his last moments of lucidity, Jimmy recalls his days as the batboy for the New York Giants during their “miracle” 1951 season and is about to reveal the location of Thomson’s ball to Jennifer who may become the mark in Stas’ first con scheme.
Other than the ball’s owner, no one but con artist extraordinaire Sir Mark Wellington knows the whereabouts of the famous baseball. However, in the sleepy town of Stirling River, NJ, Wellington is murdered by one of his con artist cronies one night aboard The Stirling River Queen, a ship that provides local historical tours. Now, the con artist who killed Wellington may also know the ball’s whereabouts. Unfortunately for the murderer, world-weary, amateur sleuth, Professor Stanislav Stiglitz, who has been avoiding his own demons, is mysteriously invited to give a historical tour aboard the Queen on the night the murder takes place. Stiglitz must join Wellington’s crew of con artists and help them lift the most famous baseball of all time if he is to figure out who killed Wellington. And the murder investigation is just what Stas needs to deflect focus on his own problems.
Meanwhile in a far away, upstate New York hospital, octogenarian Jimmy Donnelly has been keeping a secret for seventy years and is ready to tell the truth to his daughter, Jennifer. In his last moments of lucidity, Jimmy recalls his days as the batboy for the New York Giants during their “miracle” 1951 season and is about to reveal the location of Thomson’s ball to Jennifer who may become the mark in Stas’ first con scheme.
354 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 12, 2021
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