Spenser investigates a Red Sox pitcher’s suspected game-fixing and a blackmail scheme in this hardboiled Boston mystery.
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Spenser investigates a Red Sox pitcher’s suspected game-fixing and a blackmail scheme in this hardboiled Boston mystery.
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Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past...or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16. America's favorite pastime has suddenly become a very dangerous sport, and one wrong move means strike t...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Blackmail hinges on call-girl past and a pornographic film; some intimacy
Violence & gore
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Murder and armed racketeer confrontations; deaths without heavy gore
Profanity
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Occasional strong language typical of hardboiled detective fiction
Substance use
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Recurring social drinking; Spenser often has beer or liquor
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Not present
Occult / demonology
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Not present
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Criminal blackmail exploiting past prostitution and coercion
Other
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