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Christmas Mysteries at The Mysterious Bookshop, September 2026
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Golden Age Suspense Stories, July 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Bibliomysteries, August 2017
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In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero, April 2012
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Murder Is My Racquet, June 2005
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MURDER IS MY RACQUET
By: Otto Penzler

Mysterious Press
June 2005
336 pages
ISBN: 0446695882
Paperback
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Mystery

In the height of the tennis season, here is the third volume of acclaimed sports mysteries, MURDER IS MY RACQUET, edited by the mystery guru, Otto Penzler. Included are fourteen all-new tales of murder and mayhem set against the pristeen world of gentlemanly tennis. From wicked drop shots, overhead smashes, and killer serves, this is a trip through the tennis world you've never seen before.

Original stories include:

Terrible Tommy Terhune by Lawrence Block

Tennis Anyone by Kinky Freeman

Six Love by James W. Hall

Promise by John Harvey

A Debt to the Devil by Jeremiah Healy

Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match by Stephen Hunter

No Strings by Judith Kelman

A Killer Overhead by Robert Leuci

Needle Match by Peter Lovesey

Continental Grip by David Morrell

Close Shave by Ridley Pearson

Love Match by Lisa Scottoline

A Peach of a Shot by Daniel Stashower

The Chair by Mike Lupica