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Title: Be the One by April Smith ISBN: 0-7434-2431-X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than her previous book
Comment: Former superstar Cassidy Sanderson does not feel like a pioneer or a freak. Instead baseball has always been part of her gene pool so being the only female major league baseball scout seems normal to Cassidy. She knows that for her to keep her job, she needs to remain productive, signing prospects for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lately, Cassidy seems in a slump so when she receives a tip about the next great Dominican Republic athlete, she immediately flies to the Caribbean.
On the island, Cassidy meets financier Joe Galinis and realizes that Alberto Cruz is even more than she expected. She returns home with a major prospect and a lover. However, instead of accolades and a bonus, Cassidy finds herself in the midst of a voodoo-blackmailing plot that leaves her wondering who can she trust?
Sports mystery fans, especially lovers of baseball will warmly welcome the return of Cassidy Sanderson (see NORTH OF MONTANA). In her mid thirties, Cassidy still retains that competitive toughness that provides the edge to a well-drawn character. The clever intermingling of baseball, scouting, and voodoo turns BE THE ONE into a perfect game that will surely place April Smith's novel on everyone's top three lists of sports mysteries.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: Major League Summer Read
Comment: For me it doesn't get any better, a thriller with an obviously well researched baseball backdrop. April Smith has done her homework. The backdrop of a baseball scout chasing the ultimate prospect held my interest as the book got going, and the thriller kicked in and kept my attention as the story developed. Cassidy Sanderson, the story's main character, is a female baseball scout whom you immediately like and want to succeed. Like many jocks or ex-jocks, her physical confidence seems to occasionally get in the way of clear thought, getting her into situations she's sorry about later. The resulting twists and turns made it a thoroughly interesting read for me, especially as the real pennant races start to pick up steam.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not The One for Me
Comment: This book is one long annoying read. The tense, for one thing. Instead of, "she said, she saw" etc. it's (sometimes) written in present tense which is incredibly irritating. And the flashbacks are way, way, way overdone! Where are the editors for this kind of book? The tone is rambling, the characters shallow and unrealistic, and I really didn't care what happened to any one of them. Ugh. Don't bother.
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Title: North of Montana by April Smith ISBN: 044922502X Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 29 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Good Morning, Killer by April Smith ISBN: 0375412409 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Hanged Man's Song by John Sandford ISBN: 0399151397 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Conspiracy Club by JONATHAN KELLERMAN ISBN: 0345452577 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0399150854 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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