I love sports, including baseball (despite being a New Zealander), have tonnes of baseball movies in my old DVD collection and have enjoyed the Troy Soos book I read a couple of years ago. Need to read more of that series.
Given my love for sports and crime writing, I've often bemoaned there aren't more mysteries set in the sports world - it certainly seems like fertile ground given the big money, competition, egos, gambling, drugs, corruption, and other things entwined in real-life sports.
Other sports mysteries/crime novels I've read and are worth considering:
- Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series (basketball player turned agent/investigator who gets entwined with crimes relating to some of his sports clients);
THE FIXER by John Daniell (set in the world of French professional rugby, well written by a former professional player turned journalist)
Dick Francis and Felix Francis' horse racing mysteries
A SEASON IN THE SUN by Robert Rees - conspiracies and cricket in the Seychelles
EXPOSED AT THE BACK by Arild Stavrum - murder in the European football world, written by a former pro player who delves into the locker rooms and dirty side of the game that may not be that well known (eg pro clubs and how they treat adolescent/young teenagers they sign etc).
MATCHING THE EVIDENCE by Graham Smith - a crime novella set against the world of English football hooligans etc.
FLASH & BONES by Kathy Reichs - a Tempe Brennan tale set against the world of NASCAR
THE RULES OF BACKYARD CRICKET by Jock Serong - exceptional, Edgar shortlisted crime novel that's part coming-of-age tale, part crime drama, part meditation on toxic masculinity, all set against the world of cricket.
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