4.75 stars for Kill the Quarterback (A Mitch Sawyer Mystery Series Book 1) by Jim Stovall #mystery #bookreview #crimefiction
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Title: Kill the Quarterback (A Mitch Sawyer Mystery Series Book 1)
Author: Jim Stovall
Genre: Mystery, Crime Fiction
Book Blurb:
When a star quarterback is killed before his senior year, hardboiled reporter Mitch Sawyer must battle personal and professional demons in order to track down a killer before he strikes again.
Mitch Sawyer likes a good murder. A good murder means his stories will probably land on the front page of the Nashville Daily Tribune. But this one is different. This one is Jimmy Chin Lee, brilliant quarterback at Vanderbilt University and possibly — probably — the next Heisman Trophy winner. But two weeks before the season is to begin, Lee is found dead in his west side apartment, victim of a gunshot wound.
There are no clues. There’s nothing that the forensic team can produce that will point in any direction. There’s only a rumor about a girlfriend, someone that no one seems to have seen.
Then Mitch finds her. Rather, she finds him. She’s afraid. She thinks either the police are going to charge her with Jimmy Chin’s murder or she is going to be killed herself. She asks Mitch for help.
Thus, Mitch enters a vortex of professional and cultural complexities that eventually make him the target of the killer.
My Review:
I'm a big fan of graphic novels. They are dark and edgy and moody. This book hits all those points. I found it a novel that read like a graphic novel.
Not a huge sports fan but this isn't a sports book. You have an athlete murdered and a journalist investigates. Really well done.
I always hear at work that good authors write what they know. I know this author knows Nashville. Nashville is probably my favorite character in the book. I feel like I could walk around in Nashville now and not get lost.
I also am a fan of old Raymond Chandler movies, and this book reminds me of The Big Sleep. Strong characters that fill the book with energy. A great mystery I couldn't figure out. Very, very detailed. The writing is strong, especially with details of scenes. You really feel you are in a scene.
If you like journalism mysteries and dark, moody mysteries, then this is for you. I would like to read the next book.
My Rating: 4.75 stars
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Author Biography:
Jim Stovall is a retired journalism professor living on a small farm in East Tennessee. During his career, he taught at the University of Alabama, Emory and Henry College, and the University of Tennessee. He is the author of a number of textbooks, including Writing for the Mass Media, which has been used as a writing text in more than 500 colleges and universities around the world. He now devotes as much time as possible to writing both fiction and non-fiction.
Reviewed by: Rudy
