Mortal Stakes (A Spenser Mystery)

When it seems the star pitcher of the Boston Red Sox baseball team is accepting bribes to lose games, private detective Spenser goes undercover as a baseball writer to find out the truth. But can he uncover the person behind this nasty trail of blackmail before his cover is blown apart...?Praise for Robert B. Parker: 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer .