The acclaimed mystery—finalist in Edgar Awards for best first novel—set in the world of pro golf, by a master storyteller of sports suspense. First published by Crown and Ballantine, it is now an ebook. The U.S. Open is panicked: after its TV host's suicide, the leader goes missing--with his putter. Reporter Morris doesn't think it's coincidence--or that the Atlanta police are pursuing it right.

Classic mystery set in the high-stakes world of pro football, from the master storyteller of sports and suspense. First published by Ballantine, FLAWLESS EXECUTION is now a quality ebook.... Who witnessed the murder of cocky, verbose primetime TV announcer George Hoagland? All of America, with sportswriter John Morris and his sassy companion Julia Sullivan. They're out to solve his electrocution.

He was young and talented — a golfing phenom with the whole world in his hands ... and a killer on his trail.He made the whole world go weak at the knees. With his skill, grace, and innocence, young golfing prodigy Buddy Martin even won over the cynical press corps. And with legions of fans following his every move, Buddy Martin was headed for the promised land: a victory at this year's U.S. Open on Long Island's famous and historic Shinnecock Hills golf course.But somewher...

At the Augusta National Golf Course, home of the Masters, the spring grass is green and the world's most famous golfers are gathered. It looks as if it's going to be another splendid tournament. Until Melvin Newton's body is found in Eisenhower Pond, the apparent victim of a suicide. But what looks like suicide to most, looks like murder to John Morris, a retired AP sportswriter, and his spirited, sexy friend Julia Sullivan.Newton, a wealthy businessman and elite member of the club...

Lightning's ChildrenBy: John LogueAlec Spotsworth lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has been a newspaper reporter of minor events for seven years and a columnist for eight. His columns lay flat on the page: a cat with five toes, a hair compound of quince seed, the city’s new one-way sign that has been pointing the wrong way. Typesetters in the composing room scream curses when handed the day’s Spotsworth column. And then comes today.He sits down and writes one nam...

In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer.The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports: a supremely gifted competitor beloved for his powerful hitting, his nerve on the greens, and his great rapport with fans. Perhaps above all others, Palmer was the reason golf’s popularity exploded,...

In September 2008, Northern State University men’s basketball coach Don Meyer stood on the brink of immortality. He was about to surpass the legendary Bobby Knight to become the all-time NCAA wins leader in men’s basketball. Then, on a two-lane road in South Dakota, everything changed in an instant.In How Lucky You Can Be, acclaimed sports journalist Buster Olney tells the remarkable story of the successive tragedies that befell Coach Meyer but could not defeat him...

When a sports rivalry nearly turns deadly, Ronald Perry finds himself caught between what he knows and what he knows is rightThe long-standing tension between the Academy and the High School often becomes heated, especially when the two schools face each other on the football field. But when Ronald Perry, the star of the Academy team, nearly kills Meyer Goldman, a boy playing for the High School, in a dangerously hard tackle, Ronny is horrified. He swears he'll nev...

Two men join forces to investigate a woman’s mysterious disappearance in this “labyrinthine tale of murder [and] conspiracy” (People) from the award-winning author of The Butcher’s Boy.“Fast-paced . . . a totally enveloping read [that] relies on the wits of the characters rather than the high-tech gadgetry.”—The Denver PostA careful, methodical young data analyst for a California insurance company, John Walker kno...

New York Times–Bestselling Author: An "enthralling" account of the three world-class athletes who became the first runners to break the four-minute mile ( The New York Times Book Review).A San Francisco Chronicle and ESPN Best Book of the YearThere was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffe...

If there is one name in the American equestrian story that everyone knows, it is George Morris.A horse lover, rider, carouser, competitor, taskmaster, dreamer, teacher, and visionary, George Morris has been ever-present on the rarified stage of the international riding elite for most of the 70 years he's been in the saddle. He has represented our country as an athlete and a coach and, at one time or another, instructed many of our nation's best horsemen and women. His carefully chosen, per...

History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more -- and less -- than a fixer of baseball games. He was everything that made 1920s Manhattan roar. Featuring Jazz Age Broadway with its thugs, speakeasies, showgirls, political movers and shakers, and stars of the Golden Age of Sports, this is a biography of the man who d...