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Troy Soos

Goodreads author profile

born

November 07, 1957 in The United States

gender

male

genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Sports

member since

August 2008

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Troy Soos is a writer and teacher based in Winter Park, Florida. Soos is best known for his "Mickey Rawlings" series of historical baseball novels (six books set from 1912 to 1922). He also authored a four-book historical mystery series set in 1890s New York featuring Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies. Soos has written a nonfiction history of early New England baseball history, "Before the Curse," and two mystery short stories now available as e-books. He is currently working on a seventh book in the Mickey Rawlings series, "The Tomb That Ruth Built."

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* Mickey Rawlings
* Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies

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Books by Troy Soos

Average rating: 3.82 · 545 ratings · 69 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Murder at Fenway Park 3.71 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Murder At Ebbets Field 3.86 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Hanging Curve by Troy Soos (Goodreads Author), Kensington (Producer) 4.02 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Murder At Wrigley Field 3.82 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hunting A Detroit Tiger 3.94 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Cincinnati Red Stalkings 4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Island Of Tears 3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gilded Cage 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Streets of Fire 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Burning Bridges 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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Series by Troy Soos

Mickey Rawlings (6 books)
by Troy Soos (Goodreads Author), Kensington (Producer)

3.88 avg rating — 412 ratings

Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies (4 books)
by Troy Soos (Goodreads Author)

3.61 avg rating — 79 ratings

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes

by Elisha Hunt Rhodes

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Troy Soos gave to: Lost Horizon by James Hilton	My rating:
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Troy Soos gave to: Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister by Evelyn Keyes	My rating:
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Troy Soos gave to: The Deep by Peter Benchley	My rating:
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Troy Soos marked as to-read: Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words by Douglas L. Wilson	My rating:
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Troy Soos gave to: The Story of Chess by Horacio Cardo	My rating:
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Troy Soos gave to: The Tao Of Pooh (The Wisdom Of Pooh) by Benjamin Hoff	My rating:
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Troy Soos marked as to-read: America's Constitution: A Biography by Akhil Reed Amar	My rating:
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Troy Soos marked as to-read: The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius	My rating:
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Troy Soos gave to: Dynasty by Peter Golenbock	My rating:
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Troy Soos marked as to-read: How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond by John Powell	My rating:
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Quotes by Troy Soos

“I had only four hairs worth shaving, but I managed to inflict five cuts attempting to remove them.”
― Troy Soos, Murder at Fenway Park

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“The past isn't dead. It isn't even past.”
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