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But what sets this apart is the lead character, a 35 year-old athletic blonde who happens to have three passions...baseball, the truth, and well, sex.
Without the trappings of "liberated female" fiction, April Smith is able to make Cassidy Sanderson a strong and independent person who you want to root for. Some of the descriptions of the parties among the rich and the world of baseball scouts are so delicious you want to read them over again before you move on. As a screenwriter, she of course has an ear for dialogue, but I like the present-tense tension in the book, where you're living it as you read it.
Very unusual idea, having a woman who knows more about baseball than your average beer-gut or Bob Costas dweeb. But it's not just a "woman' book" it is for fans of baseball and good writing.
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
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