MYSTERY

Parker Field: A Willie Black Mystery

by Howard Owen

Permanent. Jun. 2014. 224p. ISBN 9781579623616. $28. M

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Willie wants to find out who's systematically killing the starting lineup for Richmond's 1964 minor league baseball team. Number three (after The Philadelphia Quarry) dishes up more crime for Owen's protagonist, a biracial reporter from Virginia. The first title in the series (Oregon Hill) won the Hammett Prize.

Reviewed by Teresa L. Jacobsen , Jun 01, 2014

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