Murder Is My Racquet: Fourteen Original Tales of Love, Death, and Tennis by Today's Great Writers

by Otto Penzler

Murder is My Racquet is the most thrilling way to read about tennis, murder and intrigue. This collection of stories by famous mystery writers, including Ridley Pearson and Lawrence Block, deal with the prestige of the high-stakes race to become one of the few international tennis stars, the promotional opportunities involved, the elimination of tournament competition, and the strategy of tennis in general. Viewed as an elite game since its beginnings, tennis is the perfect sport for one-on-one play and murder! Authors also include Kinky Friedman, John Harvey, James W. Hall, Lisa Scottoline and many more!

Genres: Mystery

336 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Otto Penzler is an editor of mystery fiction in the United States, and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, where he lives.

Otto Penzler founded The Mysteriour Press in 1975 and was the publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years.

Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, for The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection in 1977, and The Lineup in 2010. The Mystery Writers of America awarded him the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in 1994, and the Raven--the group's highest non-writing award--in 2003.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Useful for reading on the train to kill time. Not a set of great mysteries

[Tuxlie]

Original stories include:

Terrible Tommy Terhune by Lawrence Block

Tennis Anyone by Kinky Freeman

Six Love by James W. Hall

Promise by John Harvey

A Debt to the Devil by Jeremiah Healy

Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match by Stephen Hunter

No Strings by Judith Kelman

A Killer Overhead by Robert Leuci

Needle Match by Peter Lovesey

Continental Grip by David Morrell

Close Shave by Ridley Pearson

Love Match by Lisa Scottoline

A Peach of a Shot by Daniel Stashower

The Chair by Mike Lupica

In the height of the tennis season, here is the third volume of acclaimed sports mysteries, Murder is My Racquet, edited by the mystery guru, Otto Penzler. Included are fourteen all-new tales of murder and mayhem set against the pristeen world of gentlemanly tennis. From wicked drop shots, overhead smashes, and killer serves, this is a trip through the tennis world you've never seen before.

[Tammy]

Recommended in the book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading.