Playmates by Robert B. Parker
In this 16th installment in the popular detective series, Spencer, the tough-guy private eye from Boston, investigates an arrogant college athlete at Taft University who is suspected of shaving points in basketball games. He soon realizes that corrupt academics and thieves with graduate degrees all have their fingers in the pot.
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Fall 2023: The Game’s Afoot
“The game’s afoot” is a phrase often used by Sherlock Holmes to Watson to mark the start of a crime-solving adventure. In the books for this fall, we’ll read about crimes that involve actual games: basketball, football and tennis.