Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
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Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers
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Otto Penzler
Class/Genre: Mystery Sports [Short Stories]
Mysterious, Jan 2006, $13.95
Using real anecdotal examples from headlines over the last two decades Otto Penzler implies that modern day basketball and criminal behavior share the courts. Thus this marriage led to the fourteen short stories that make up the fine MURDER AT THE FOUL LINE. The contributors are a who’s who of mystery though some are surprises as the sport link is not evident in their résumés. Each tale is solid with some contributions (those of George Pelecanos and Laurie R. King) being backboard shattering dunks that Chocolate Thunder would have relished adding to his repertoire. Overall a fun steady anthology with no air balls, but few fast break slam dunks; still sports mystery readers will enjoy the compilation as the violations by the protagonists lead to a winning series of shots.
Harriet Klausner
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