RUM POINT: A BASEBALL NOVEL by Rick Wilber McFARLAND PUBLISHING
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “VG”
- Subject
- Sports & Recreation
- ISBN
- 9780786445370
- Book Title
- Rum Point : a Baseball Novel
- Publisher
- Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, Crime, Baseball / General, General, Mystery & Detective / General, Sports
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786445378
ISBN-13
9780786445370
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73919405
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rum Point : a Baseball Novel
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Family Life, Crime, Baseball / General, General, Mystery & Detective / General, Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-036777
Reviews
"Wilber displays a deft touch in handling the plot. [T]his is an engrossing engaging novel that should cause you to look forward to Mr. Wilber's next work of fiction."- Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine ; "(Rick) Wilber has the kind of voice that makes the writing transparent, in that the reader connects directly with characters and emotions. His vibrant sense of wonderful locales is that much gravy."-Tim Dorsey, author of Nuclear Jellyfish ; "Rick Wilber is the sort of writer lots of us like to turn to at the end of a long day: relaxed, inventive, knowledgeable, good-humored, and honest right down to the core. This man tells you the truth, a quality that may be unsettling sometimes, but is never less than absolutely refreshing. Wilber knows how to do justice to the nuances of a complex story, and he deserves a huge readership."-Peter Straub, author of Lost Boy, Lost Girl ; "Set in hometown St. Petersburg and the Cayman Islands, Rick Wilber's Rum Point is a taut thriller/mystery in which a brave young woman cop and her baseball manager father battle to stop a violent pair of CIA types from building a drug-smuggling empire. The characters are compelling, the plot intricate, and Wilber even tosses a little baseball into the mix. Don't miss it."-Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire ; "I discard books vigorously; I didn't put Rum Point down till I'd read the entire Epilogue and got every character safely to his or her destination."-Tim Morris, Sport Literature Association; "Wilber will exhilarate, startle, and dazzle you."-Michael Bishop, award-winning author of the baseball fantasy, Brittle Innings ; "With Rum Point , Rick Wilber has given us a police thriller with an intriguing heroine, a likable TV evangelist, and a rousing mix of curves and fastballs"-Jack McDevitt, award-winning author of Time Travelers Never Die., "Wilber displays a deft touch in handling the plot. [T]his is an engrossing engaging novel that should cause you to look forward to Mr. Wilber's next work of fiction."-- Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine ; "(Rick) Wilber has the kind of voice that makes the writing transparent, in that the reader connects directly with characters and emotions. His vibrant sense of wonderful locales is that much gravy."--Tim Dorsey, author of Nuclear Jellyfish ; "Rick Wilber is the sort of writer lots of us like to turn to at the end of a long day: relaxed, inventive, knowledgeable, good-humored, and honest right down to the core. This man tells you the truth, a quality that may be unsettling sometimes, but is never less than absolutely refreshing. Wilber knows how to do justice to the nuances of a complex story, and he deserves a huge readership."--Peter Straub, author of Lost Boy, Lost Girl ; "Set in hometown St. Petersburg and the Cayman Islands, Rick Wilber's Rum Point is a taut thriller/mystery in which a brave young woman cop and her baseball manager father battle to stop a violent pair of CIA types from building a drug-smuggling empire. The characters are compelling, the plot intricate, and Wilber even tosses a little baseball into the mix. Don't miss it."--Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire ; "I discard books vigorously; I didn't put Rum Point down till I'd read the entire Epilogue and got every character safely to his or her destination."--Tim Morris, Sport Literature Association; "Wilber will exhilarate, startle, and dazzle you."--Michael Bishop, award-winning author of the baseball fantasy, Brittle Innings ; "With Rum Point , Rick Wilber has given us a police thriller with an intriguing heroine, a likable TV evangelist, and a rousing mix of curves and fastballs"--Jack McDevitt, award-winning author of Time Travelers Never Die.
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Set on the gulf coast of Florida and the Cayman Islands, this novel provides a unique blend of modern mystery thriller and baseball narrative. It tells the story of Felicity Lindsay, a small-town police officer who finds a battered murder victim on the beach. Her curiosity about the crime eventually leads Felicity and her father, the alcoholic manager of the local major-league baseball team, into a deadly confrontation with a drug cartel., Set on the gulf coast of Florida and the Cayman Islands, this novel tells the story of Felicity Lindsay, a police officer who finds a battered murder victim on the beach. It tells how her curiosity about the crime leads Felicity and her father, the alcoholic manager of the major-league baseball team, into a deadly confrontation with a drug cartel.
LC Classification Number
PS3573.I38796R86
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