This week I
received advance reader copies of my next mystery novel titled, Court Trouble, a Platform Tennis Mystery. I
have played platform tennis for the last twenty years, love the sport and
wanted to incorporate it into a mystery novel. The result will be published
July 20, 2016.
I enjoyed setting
a mystery in the world of platform tennis. It’s a racquet sport played with a
paddle and specially designed ball. The court is a third the size of a tennis
court and surrounded by a wire mesh fence. The rules are similar to tennis
except you only have one serve and you can play the ball off the fence (like in
racquetball) after the ball has hit the court (you can’t hit the fence first).
It’s a great doubles game for players of all ages.
In Court Trouble when Mark Yeager’s friend is bludgeoned to death in
the dark on a platform tennis court, Mark becomes an amateur sleuth to find
which of the four suspects is the murderer. Avoiding attempts on his life, he must
crack the case and figure out how to save the courts from being shut down by
the city while waiting for doctor’s results on whether he is cancer-free after
his bout with prostate cancer.
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Congratulations, Mike! If you'd like to do a guest post for my blog around your book release date, I have plenty of open spots. Just email me and we'll get you scheduled.
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