Five O'Clock Lightning

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453290279

<DIV><b>A onetime baseball catcher confronts the murder of a McCarthyist politician at Yankee Stadium</b></div><DIV><BR>In 1953 America, McCarthyism is everywhere. Congressman Rex Harwood Simmons is among the leaders who single-mindedly hunt down suspected Communists; he even claims that Communism has infiltrated America&rsquo;s favorite pastime. But while watching a Yankee game one afternoon, he becomes a target. As the crowd cheers for a homerun, Simmons is shot dead in his seat. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>The task of solving the crime falls to onetime ballplayer and Korean War veteran Russ Garrett, who collaborates with &ldquo;Vicious Aloysius&rdquo; Murphy, a Bronx homicide detective. The investigation won&rsquo;t be easy, since there are plenty of people with a motive to plug Simmons. Several clues point to a blacklisted intellectual&mdash;but he was driven to suicide years ago. And as Garrett hunts for the killer, a new conspiracy comes to light: a plot to murder Yankee star Mickey Mantle.</div>