Over and Under

Mat Coward. Five Star (ME), $25.95 (241pp) ISBN 978-1-4104-0186-1

Murder spoils the annual cricket match between the Comedians and the Writers in British author Mat Coward's Over and Under: A Don Packham and Frank Mitchell Mystery, the third novel in the series from this Edgar and Dagger nominee. Detectives Packham and Mitchell have their hands full trying to determine who would dare kill a cricket player with a baseball bat. Agent, Tekno-Books. .

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