Soos is not a great writer, but he does what he sets out to time and again. If you love old-time baseball, or mysteries, read this. And even if you just love baseball, read this. The mystery is less important than the sense of love and passion Soos brings to Rawlings and his real and fictional baseball cohorts.
It's 1921 and baseball is reeling from the Black Sox scandal. Mickey is threatened with expulsion from the game because of bogus gambling charges. In addition, Mickey is investigating two murders more than 50 years apart.
As a long-time resident of Cincinnati, OH, this book was especially enjoyable to me. I'm too young to have attended games in Redland/Crosley field, so it was good to be able to go there, at least vicariously. I'm eagerly awaiting the next Troy Soos novel.