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Klein, Dave Fourth Down
New York Forge Sep-99 312863705 N Hardcover
From Publishers Weekly&newline;In 48 short, crackling chapters and an epilogue, veteran football journalist Klein (Blindside) spins a compelling yarn of a football fix gone wrong. New York sportswriter Ed Buck is contacted by his close friend and former college teammate, Adam Benson, now quarterback for the Chicago Bears, who confesses that after his cocaine habit made him desperate for money he got involved with a top-secret gambling ring. Benson has been throwing games to insure big payoffs for the crooks, and, disgusted with his duplicity, he decides to defy the racketeers and play his best against the New York Giants in the next encounter. When Benson dies of what appears to be a heart attack just as the Bears have clinched their win, Buck knows his friend was murdered. With the help of New York police lieutenant Gerry Keegan, a sports psychologist, his girlfriend Leigh and Benson's widow, Sherri, Ed tracks down the murderer and finds him linked to a chain of command leading from merely greedy and seedy racketeers to the mysterious kingpin of a massive crime syndicate. The focus of the book shifts away from football and toward the shady mobster dealings. Sometimes melodramatic, the narrative tears along at such a frantic pace that occasional lapses in plot (e.g., Sherri's serious but conveniently forgotten drug habit) may go undetected. While the crime family scenario gets a bit overheated, Klein's clear prose is most engaging when depicting, with a lightweight, manic touch, the fast lane of professional sports. Players and politicians on the take, and Hollywood hopefuls and thugs on the make, are equally entertaining. (Sept.) &newline;Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. &newline;&newline;From Library Journal&newline;Sportswriter Klein gives us an exciting tale of football and organized crime. Hero Ed Buck, a New York sportswriter, is a long-time friend of Adam Benson, quarterback for the Bears. Benson tells Buck that he's been forced to throw games by the men who got him addicted to cocaine but that he doesn't want to do it anymore. Shortly thereafter, Benson drops dead on the field while playing a fantastic game, embarrassing the Bears. After Buck convinces the police to investigate, they find just barely visible evidence of murder. For the rest of the book, Buck is joined by his fianc?e and Benson's widow in stalking the killersAwho, in turn, are trying to kill Buck. The football action is well written and suspenseful, but the real story here is about friendship, persistence, and the good guys winning. Recommended for the sports and mystery collections of public libraries.AMarylaine Block, &doublequote;Librarian Without Walls&doublequote; &newline;Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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