Death by Cheap Shot: A Hilarious Feel-Good Cozy Mystery

About Death by Cheap Shot: A Hilarious Feel-Good Cozy Mystery

A fierce local rivalry. A controversial tackle. And a star player dead on the pitch.

On San Malvino, the annual First Responders' football championship is a very big deal. The local police, firefighters, and Coast Guard crews spend all year trash-talking, and the packed stadium usually expects nothing worse than some terrible sunburns and a few yellow cards. But the final match comes to a grinding halt when a star player goes down hard during a foul and doesn't get back up.

What looks like a tragic sports accident quickly turns into a bizarre homicide investigation when Dr. Crane begrudgingly trudges onto the grass to examine the body. Hidden deep in the victim's jersey is a high-velocity poisoned dart.

The crime scene offers no easy answers, but one thing is clear: someone used the roar of the crowd as a distraction to shoot the fatal blow from the bleachers in broad daylight. The friendly rivalry evaporates as Mendoza locks the stadium gates, trapping hundreds of face-painted fans inside with a killer. Now, it's up to the island's favorite sleuthing crew to solve the case.

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