Genre:
Police Procedural
Description:
“The
death of Lake Williams, a former football player at Central Montana
State, in his squalid tent in a homeless camp looks to Seagate and
Miner like a routine heroin overdose. Soon, however, they discover
that someone hired a courier to deliver the uncut heroin, knowing
that Lake would shoot up and die instantly. When a second body turns
up, and then a third, the evidence points to the head coach and the
other leaders of the football program, who appear to be covering up a
secret that would destroy the program. When a man comes forward,
claiming to have committed numerous felonies on behalf of the program
over many years, the detectives don’t know whether he is the killer
or merely a decoy in an elaborate misdirection play. In a
heart-pounding final confrontation, Seagate and Miner confront the
killer--and realize they have walked right into the trap.”
Author:
“Mike
Markel writes the Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery series, which
is set in the fictional small city of Rawlings, Montana, home of
Central Montana State University. That university is somewhat like
Boise State University, where Mike taught writing, but in Rawlings
the weather is colder, the football team less successful, and the
murder rate much, much higher.
Mike
lives with his wife in Boise.”
For
more, visit Mike's website.
Appraisal:
“Our
partnership works because of our opposite styles. Ryan is calm,
rational, and thoughtful. I’m … not.”
The
character Karen Seagate may have more than her share of
imperfections, but lack of self-awareness isn't one of them. In that
quote she gets to the heart of why her fictional partnership with
Ryan Miner makes for such good stories, too. This is the seventh book
of the series and as I've reviewed each I've raved about the
characters of Seagate and Miner as well as the story. Consider this
another rave.
The
fictional town of Rawlings, Montana where all the books take place is
another piece of Markel's solid foundation for the series. Many of
the stories involve happenings at the university in Rawlings and in
this installment that is especially true. Along with the story of
Seagate and Miner investigating a murder you might also find yourself
considering college sports and the price athletes sometimes pay to
participate.
FYI:
Adult
language
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by:
BigAl
Approximate
word count:
80-85,000 words
4 comments:
I love this series. Highly recommended.
I do too, KJ. Thanks for the comment.
Thank you very much, Al, for your generous review of Players. The fact that the leading reviewer of indie books thinks the book is not that bad means a lot to me.
LOL, Mike. Thanks.
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