Alison Gordon (1943–2015)
Auteur van The Dead Pull Hitter
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- Gangbare naam
- Gordon, Alison
- Officiële naam
- Gordon, Alison
- Geboortedatum
- 1943
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-02-12
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Beroepen
- Sports reporter
- Relaties
- Connor, Ralph (grandfather)
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The dead pull hitter door Alison Gordon
Written by one of the first female sports writers. Fair plot, with lots of baseball details (which will interest fans, and can be easily skipped by the non-fan). First in the Kate Henry series of 5 books.
What could be better? A mystery with a strong female amateur detective AND baseball? Not much.
Like the author, protagonist Kate Henry is a sports reporter covering that wonderful game. There's a great plot and super realism about both journalism and baseball. Alison Golden's background makes this her niche! Golden was a Canadian journalist and writer who was the first woman on the baseball beat in the Major Leagues. She was a trailblazer in the field of sports journalism, covering the Toronto Blue Jays for the Toronto Star for five years. Sadly, Golden died in 2015, leaving behind only five titles in the Kate Henry series. I shall have to space them out and savour them.
I had a wonderful time reading The Dead Pull Hitter and even learned a couple of things I didn't know about the game.… (meer)
Like the author, protagonist Kate Henry is a sports reporter covering that wonderful game. There's a great plot and super realism about both journalism and baseball. Alison Golden's background makes this her niche! Golden was a Canadian journalist and writer who was the first woman on the baseball beat in the Major Leagues. She was a trailblazer in the field of sports journalism, covering the Toronto Blue Jays for the Toronto Star for five years. Sadly, Golden died in 2015, leaving behind only five titles in the Kate Henry series. I shall have to space them out and savour them.
I had a wonderful time reading The Dead Pull Hitter and even learned a couple of things I didn't know about the game.… (meer)
Kate Henry is a sports reporter for a Toronto newspaper and her beat is the Toronto Titians, a major league baseball team. When pitchers start dropping dead of unnatural causes, her beat turns into homicide. I have to admit that I've read better mysteries but I've rarely read a novel by a writer who knows more about professional baseball. As a baseball fan, this book was a joy. I already have her others on my 'to read' pile.
BOTTOM-LINE:
Well done, and the best so far.
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
This is the fourth in the Kate Henry series and is the best so far. Kate is bored -- there is a strike in the major leagues and she doesn't know what to do with herself. So she focuses on her home life. Then Andy Munro gets shot in the line of duty, and Kate is pretty much on her own while Andy recuperates. Lots of tension as Andy deals with the aftermath of being shot.
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WHAT I LIKED:
The focus of the story is on a homeless woman named Maggie who has disappeared, and one of her favorite resting places is covered in blood. On top of that, a mutilated corpse turns up with a very large knife that Maggie used to own. A corpse of someone who knew who Maggie really was, knew her past, and was therefore a threat to Maggie's security. Some really seedy characters populate the story, including a two-bit child pornographer who has a heart of gold for helping street people.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
Of course there is the requisite protagonist-in-jeopardy part, but at least Andy isn't automatically there to save the day
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I was not personal friends with the author, but I did interact with her online.… (meer)
Well done, and the best so far.
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
This is the fourth in the Kate Henry series and is the best so far. Kate is bored -- there is a strike in the major leagues and she doesn't know what to do with herself. So she focuses on her home life. Then Andy Munro gets shot in the line of duty, and Kate is pretty much on her own while Andy recuperates. Lots of tension as Andy deals with the aftermath of being shot.
.
WHAT I LIKED:
The focus of the story is on a homeless woman named Maggie who has disappeared, and one of her favorite resting places is covered in blood. On top of that, a mutilated corpse turns up with a very large knife that Maggie used to own. A corpse of someone who knew who Maggie really was, knew her past, and was therefore a threat to Maggie's security. Some really seedy characters populate the story, including a two-bit child pornographer who has a heart of gold for helping street people.
.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
Of course there is the requisite protagonist-in-jeopardy part, but at least Andy isn't automatically there to save the day
.
DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I was not personal friends with the author, but I did interact with her online.… (meer)
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- Populariteit
- #92,613
- Waardering
- 3.6
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- 6
- ISBNs
- 26
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- 1