Swing: A Gun Pedersen Novel

Gun Pedersen #2

by Leif Enger, Lin Enger

Gunsten Søren Pedersen knew about baseball and death. A tragedy took the former slugger out of the major leagues, and the only diamonds he sees now are the stars shining in the cold night of Minnesota's North Woods. That is, until Miles Gates—an old friend in big trouble—calls him down to the Sunshine State. What Gun finds there is a trail of brutal killings, some aging ballplayers, shady characters, and the beautiful sister of a reporter who died for his story. Gun discovers the truth behind the murder spree, and he strikes at it as hard as he ever hit a fastball in his prime. But in the warmth of the Florida sun, old dreams and old hatreds have a way of coming back to life—and when Gun returns north, so does a man who wants him dead. Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Craig Johnson's Longmire, and William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor enjoy the Enger brothers' Gun Pedersen.***PRAISE FOR THE GUN PEDERSEN SERIES*** “A well-written, fast-reading thriller. . . . It’s got everything.”—Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine“Comeback is so good, you want to sit down and read it all at once. It’s got love and shame and money and the Minnesota woods and lakes, and dark mystery, and a reluctant hero, and it’s written with humor and passion.”—Garrison Keillor“Solidly entertaining.”—ALA Booklist“In Swing, the plot twists as unpredictably as a hangman’s rope. Swing has muscle (and heart, too).”—Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine“[A] sure hit.”—R.D. Zimmerman, author of Deadfall in Berlin“Compelling.”—Publishers Weekly“Sacrifice is the best novel I’ve read this year. Not just the best mystery, but the best novel, period.”—Jeremiah Healy, author of the John Francis Cuddy series“Sharp and engaging!”—Minneapolis Star TribuneTHE SINNERS’ “[A] revelation . . .”—Booklist

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 5, 2021

About the author

Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio for nearly twenty years. He lives on a farm in Minnesota with his wife and two sons.

His writing is a smooth mix of romanticism and gritty reality, recalling the Old West's greatest cowboy stories.

Enger's novel, Peace Like a River, was one of Time magazine's top-five novels of the year 2001 and appeared on several other best seller lists.

His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome also appeared on best seller lists in 2008.

For further details, see the author's Wikipedia page.

Reviews

[Marti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Back and forth from Minnesota to Florida to gather details, find answers and solve mysteries, among baseball players and their families.

I liked the newspaper details of the By-Line.

Good advice: FIND THE GOOD FISHING SPOTS.