Sports Mysteries
Baseball
Gordon, Alison. Kate Henry; baseball sportswriter in Toronto.
Dead pull hitter.
Night game.
Prairie hardball
Striking out.
Rosen, Richard. Harvey Blissberg: ex-major league player P.I. in
Boston.
Strike three you’re dead.
World of hurt.
Soos, Troy. Mickey Rawlings mysteries: a second baseman in
1910.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings.
Hanging curve.
Hunting a Detroit Tiger.
Murder at Ebbets Field
Murder at Fenway Park.
Murder at Wrigley Field.
Zubro, Mark Richard. Gay baseball player, Scott Carpenter.
Are you nuts?
Echo of death.
Everyone’s dead but us.
File under dead.
Here comes the corpse
One dead drag queen.
The only good priest..
Principal cause of death.
Rust on the razor.
Schooled in murder..
A simple suburban murder.
Why isn’t Becky Twitchell dead?
Basketball
Coben, Harlan. Myron Bolitar; former Celtics player turned sports
agent.
Back spin
Darkest fear.
Deal breaker.
Drop shot.
Fade away.
The final detail.
One false move.
Live wire.
Long lost.
Promise me.
Greer, Robert O. An expose on college and professional basketball
point shaving and steroids.
Blackbird farewell.
Mystery at the fowl line. A collection of basketball mystery stories.
Bicycling
Emerson, Earl. Thomas Black, bicycling private eye in Seattle.
Cape disappointment.
Catfish café.
Deception pass.
Deviant behavior
Fat Tuesday.
The million dollar tattoo.
Nervous laughter.
The Portland laughter.
Poverty bay.
The Rainy city.
The Vanishing smile.
Yellow dog party.
Bicycling (continued)
Moody, Greg.
Dead air: a cycling murder mystery.
Deadroll: a cycling murder mystery.
Derailleur: a cycling murder mystery.
Perfect circles: the sequel to Two wheels.
Two wheels: a cycling murder mystery.
Boating & Sailing
Allen, Conrad.
Murder on the Lusitania.
Murder on the Marmora.
Murder on the Mauritania.
Murder on the Minnesota.
Murder on the Oceanic.
Calvert, Candy. Darcy Cavanaugh: an ER nurse working on a
cruise ship.
Aye do or die.
Dressed to keel.
Mai tai to murder.
Cussler, Clive. High tech ship of mercenaries in Oregon files
Series.
Corsair: a novel of the Oregon files.
Dark Watch.
Golden Buddha.
The Jungle.
Plague ship: a novel of the Oregon files.
Sacred stone.
Silent sea.
Skeleton coast.
Boating & Sailing (continued)
Dunnett, Dorothy. Johnson Johnson, British agent and yachtsman.
Dolly and the bird of paradise.
Dolly and the doctor bird.
Dolly and the nanny bird.
Dolly and the singing bird.
Send a fax to the Kashbah.
Eidson, Bill. Mysteries with nautical settings. Ex DEA agent Jack
Merchant and Sarah Ballard running her father’s business
repossessing boats for banks in Charlestown, MA.
The Mayday.
The Repo.
Other Eidson books with nautical settings.
Dangerous waters.
One bad thing.
Gibbs, Tony. Gillian Verdean: boat owner on Long Island.
Dead run.
Fade to black.
Running fix.
Boxing
Liss, David. Jewish Ex-boxer invesigator in 18th century London.
A conspiracy of paper.
The devil’s company: a novel.
A spectacle of corruption.
Muller, Eddie. Billy Nichols; boxing columnist in 1940’s San
Francisco.
The distance: a novel.
Shadow boxer: a crime novel featuring Billy Nichols.
Boxing (continued)
Parker, Robert B. Over 35 novels featuring Spenser an ex-boxer,
Ex-state cop turned private eye in Boston.
Randisi, Robert J. Miles Jacoby, boxer turned private eye in NYC.
Eye in the ring.
Full contact.
Hard look.
Separate cases.
Stand-up.
Steinway collection.
Schreck, Tom. Duffy Dombrowski; boxer and basset hound Al.
On the ropes.
Out cold.
TKO.
Fishing
Galligan, John. Ned Oglivie: trout fisherman fly fishing mysteries.
The blood knot: a fly fishing mystery.
The clinch knot: a fly fishing mystery.
The nail knot: a fly fishing mystery.
The wind knot: a fly fishing mystery.
Greenlaw, Linda. Jane Bunker, former city detective returns to
fishing village in coastal Maine.
Fisherman’s bend.
Skipknot.
Houston, Victoria. Llewellen Ferris, Chief of police and flyfisher
In Loon Lake, Wisconsin.
Dead Angler.
Dead Boogie.
Dead creek.
Dead deceiver.
Dead frenzy.
Dead hot mama.
Dead hot shot.
Fishing (continued)
Houston, Victoria. (continued).
Dead Jitterbug.
Dead Madonna.
Dead renegade.
Dead water.
Leitz, David.
Casting in dead water.
Dying to fly fish.
Fly fishing can be fatal.
Fly fishing corpse.
Hooked on death.
Monroe, Mary Alice. A woman recovering from breast cancer
learns much from the journal of a 1920’s fly fisherwoman.
Time is a river.
Football
Atkins, Ace. Nick Travers, ex football star, part-time detective,
blues enthusiast in New Orleans.
Crossroad blues.
Dark end of the street.
Dirty south.
Leavin’ trunk blues.
Levine, Paul. Jake Lassiter, former linebacker now a
lawyer in Miami.
False dawn.
Flesh and bones.
Fool me twice.
Lassiter.
Mortal sin.
Night vision.
Slashback
To speak for the dead.
Football (continued)
Lupica, Mike. Jack Malloy, former casino concierge, now inherited
New York football team.
Bump and run.
Red zone.
McInerny, Ralph. Phil and Roger Knight Notre Dame mysteries.
Book of kills.
The green revolution.
Irish alibi.
Lack of the Irish.
The letter killeth.
On this Rockne.
The Mighty Johns.13 football stories by popular authors including
a novella about a college football star.
Morris, Bob. Zack Chasteen, former Miami Dolphins player.
Bahamarama.
Baja Florida.
Bermuda Schwartz.
Deadly silver sea.
Jamaica me dead.
Golf
Corrigan, John. Jack Austin, player on PGA circuit.
Bad lie.
Center cut.
Cut shot.
Out of bounds.
Snap hook.
Dahler, Don. Huck Doyle, pro-golfer and lawyer in
L.A.
A tight lie.
Water hazard.
Golf (continued)
Elkins, Aaron & Charlotte. Lee Ofsted: woman golfer and cop
Boyfriend Graham.
Nasty breaks.
On the fringe.
Rotten lies.
Where have all the birdies gone?
A Wicked Slice.
Gregson, J.M. Over 20 mysteries featuring Superintendent John
Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook: policemen and golf
enthusiasts in Gloucestershire, England.
Miles, Keith. Professional golfer, Alan Saxon.
Bermuda grass.
Bullet hole.
Double eagle.
Flagstick.
Green murder.
Honolulu play-off.
Toussaint, Maggie. Cleopatra Jones; accountant, golfer in
Maryland.
In for a penny.
On the nickel.
Hockey
Ayoob, Michael. Investigator Dexter
Bolzjak, a former hockey player with
a troubled past. Caution: not for squeamish.
In search of mercy,.
Gurley, Bryan. Gus Carpenter, reporter
and former hockey star in Starvation, MI.
The hanging tree.
Starvation Lake: a mystery.
Horse Racing
Ehrman, Kit. Steve Cline, a barn manager mystery series.
At Risk.
Cold burn.
Dead man’s touch.
Triple cross.
Francis, Dick. Over 35 horse racing mysteries.
McEvoy, John. Jack Doyle horse racing mysteries.
Blind switch.
Close call.
Riders down.
Significant seven.
Martial Arts
Blake, Victoria. Samantha Falconer; world judo
Champion turned private investigator in
England.
Bloodless shadow.
Cutting blades.
Skin & blister.
Donohue, John J. Connor Burke mysteries.
Deshi.
Sensei.
Tengu.
Griffith, Nicola. Aud Torvingen: lesbian ex-Atlanta cop and self
defense teacher.
Always.
The blue place.
Stay.
Martial Arts (continued)
Olden, Mark. African-American writer featuring three martial arts
series.
Manny Decker series.
Giri.
Kisaeng.
Frank DiPalma series.
Dai-sho.
Sword of vengeance.
Black Samurai series featuring Robert Sand.
The Black samurai.
The deadly pearl.
The golden kill.
The inquisition.
The katana.
Killer warrior.
The sword of Allah.
The warlock.
Sharp, Zoe. Charlotte (Charlie) Fox; self defense expert in
England.
Fifth victim.
First drop.
Fourth day.
Hard knocks.
Killer instinct.
Riot act.
Road kill.
Second shot.
Third strike.
Singerman, Philip. Roland Troy; martial arts expert and ex-cop.
Prancing tiger.
Positive proof.
Soccer
McCall-Smith, Alexander.
Tea time for the traditionally built. (10th Ladies
Detective agency book.
Leungo Molofololo, the owner of the
Kalahari Swoopers, a local soccer team with a lot
of athletic talent, suspects a traitor on the squad is
deliberately sabotaging games for an unknown
reason.
Stukas, David. Monette O’Reilley star player of the Leaping
Lesbians Soccer team and graphic artist Robert Wilsop.
Biceps of death.
Going down for the count.
Someone killed his boyfriend.
Wearing black to the white party.
Tennis
Murder is my racquet. A collection of tennis mysteries.
Navratilova, Martina. Retired tennis pro Jordan Myles.
Breaking point.
Killer Instinct.
The total zone.
Wrestling
Cody, Liza. Eva Wylie, wrestler and security guard in London.
Bucket nut.
Monkey wrench.
Muscle bound.
Doolittle, Jerome. Former wrestler P.I. in Boston.
Bear Hug.
Body scissors.
Half Nelson.
Head lock.
Kill Story.
Strange hold.