Cross-Check: An Anna Peters Mystery, by Janice Law (Paperback)
Brand : Wildside Press
$12.99
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Anna Peters, Washington, D.C.-based private investigator, knows little about hockey or Florida when she agrees to help Jurgen "T-Rex" Parkes, star center of the NHL-expansion Orlando Showmen, clear his name of his teammate Alf Rene's murder. She also isn't entirely sure her client is innocent. She faces an uphill battle: Parkes asked Rene to meet him the night of the murder, and he has no alibit. The Showmen management is more concerned about the team's tarnished image than seeking the truth, and the media are swarming around Parkes and his family. As Anna digs into the case, she finds Parkes uncooperative, the victim's family and friends secretive and suspicious, and her own safety in jeapardy...