Caught in a Rundown - Hardcover

Saxton, Lisa

3.29

7 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684829673 ISBN 13: 9780684829678

Publisher: Scribner, 1997

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An unlikely couple of sleuths--the beautiful, black, spoiled Jewel Averick and her insecure white friend, Dee Sweet--team up to locate the legendary Two-Mile McLemore, a baseball star from the Negro Leagues. A first novel. 10,000 first printing.

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Review:

This initial outing in a new mystery series features Jewel Averick and her sidekick, Dee Sweet, baseball wives married to players on the Washington Diamonds. Caught in a Rundown begins when Jewel discovers that her husband has paid $15,000 for a baseball glove that once belonged to Negro Leaguer "Two-Mile" McLemore. When a stranger appears at Jewel's front door offering $20,000 for the glove, Jewel takes him up on his offer but switches gloves at the last minute. Now Jewel has two men angry at her, and a mystery to solve--just who was "Two-Mile" McLemore, and why is the glove so important? The first clue is a note in "Two-Mile's" glove that directs her to Philadelphia, the first stop on a scavenger hunt that may lead to McLemore himself.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Even though D.C. Diamonds star center-fielder, Russell Averick, is rolling in dough, his wife Jewel can't understand why he'd spend $15,000 for his latest bit of memorabilia--a baseball glove that once belonged, not to Hank Aaron or Josh Gibson, but to Two-Mile McLemore, who barnstormed in the Negro Leagues (if he even existed) for a bare year back in the 1930s. So it seems like a perfect revenge for Jewel to sell the glove to Anthony Graves, a rival collector who comes to the door with a cock-and-bull story about his ailing son's fondest wish and a very real $20,000. But when Jewel decides to put some extra spin on her revenge by switching gloves on Graves, she plunges herself and her friend Deanna Sweet, long-suffering wife of Diamonds second baseman Mark Sweet, into adventure. Unbeknownst to Russell, Two- Mile's glove carries the first of seven clues to a fabulous treasure Graves and his ethically-challenged boss are determined to grab for themselves. The baseball wives' treasure hunt swiftly turns into a competitive event, in addition to a whirlwind tour of Negro League cities--Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, New York--that might as well be angling for a slot in Black History Month. But why do Jewel and Dee keep getting such contradictory descriptions of Two-Mile? And how could he have planted the doggerel clues they're following years after he died? A sprightly, undemanding debut that seems perfect for a two- hour TV pilot, complete with savory minor characters, great locations, and love conquering all. -- Copyright �1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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