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Cal Murphy #8
Dead Man's Land
Fans of Steig Larsson, Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum, and J.D. Robb will love this pulse-pounding thriller from best selling author Jack Patterson!
“Jack Patterson knocks it out of the park!” –, Vincent Zandri, NY Times best selling author
“…Pure genius …” – Suspense Magazine
“You can tell that Jack Patterson knows what it’s like to live in the newspaper world but … he’s also proven he can write one heck of a murder mystery.” – Josh Katzowitz, NFL writer for CBSsports.com and author of Sid Gillman: Father of the Passing Game
“Jack Patterson has hooked me. I’ll be back for more.” – Bob Behler, 3-time Idaho broadcaster of the year and the voice of Boise State football
“Jack’s storytelling is the literary answer to Lay’s potato chips: you just want one more and before you know it, you’ve eaten the whole bag.” — David Bashore, The Times-News
Award-winning author and national award-winning journalist Jack Patterson returns with an exciting story into the world of professional baseball in the United States and Cuba with this Cal Murphy mystery thriller.
Cuban baseball star Vicente Prado always recognized he had a bright future in his sport, even if his coaches didn’t. All he needed was a chance. But just before he stole away on a boat for a chance to play in the Major Leagues in the United States, he saw something — something that would haunt him far more than he ever imagined.
When Prado meets Seattle-based reporter Cal Murphy, their lives are thrust together on a journey of survival but also a quest to unmask the truth and live to tell about it. Compelled by his conscience and journalistic instincts, Cal must find out if Prado really saw what he says he saw — and expose a lurking killer in the process.
“Jack Patterson knocks it out of the park!” –, Vincent Zandri, NY Times best selling author
“…Pure genius …” – Suspense Magazine
“You can tell that Jack Patterson knows what it’s like to live in the newspaper world but … he’s also proven he can write one heck of a murder mystery.” – Josh Katzowitz, NFL writer for CBSsports.com and author of Sid Gillman: Father of the Passing Game
“Jack Patterson has hooked me. I’ll be back for more.” – Bob Behler, 3-time Idaho broadcaster of the year and the voice of Boise State football
“Jack’s storytelling is the literary answer to Lay’s potato chips: you just want one more and before you know it, you’ve eaten the whole bag.” — David Bashore, The Times-News
Award-winning author and national award-winning journalist Jack Patterson returns with an exciting story into the world of professional baseball in the United States and Cuba with this Cal Murphy mystery thriller.
Cuban baseball star Vicente Prado always recognized he had a bright future in his sport, even if his coaches didn’t. All he needed was a chance. But just before he stole away on a boat for a chance to play in the Major Leagues in the United States, he saw something — something that would haunt him far more than he ever imagined.
When Prado meets Seattle-based reporter Cal Murphy, their lives are thrust together on a journey of survival but also a quest to unmask the truth and live to tell about it. Compelled by his conscience and journalistic instincts, Cal must find out if Prado really saw what he says he saw — and expose a lurking killer in the process.
320 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2015
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
December 25, 2017
Great story
A fast paced action detective book. Part of a well written series the Cal Murphy character is portrayed well once again
A fast paced action detective book. Part of a well written series the Cal Murphy character is portrayed well once again
July 17, 2018
Great read
Great story with everything you want in a action-packed book. Recommend highly, plan spending the evening you won't put out it down.
Great story with everything you want in a action-packed book. Recommend highly, plan spending the evening you won't put out it down.
August 30, 2019
Dead Man's Land review
Dead Man's Land is the eighth book in the " A Cal Murphy Thriller " series written by author R. J. Patterson.
Dead Man's Land is the eighth book in the " A Cal Murphy Thriller " series written by author R. J. Patterson.
July 15, 2022
Vincent wanted a world outside of Cuba and the fifteen dollars
a week he got for playing baseball. He wanted freedom, and what ever salary they gave him.
He was lonely, needed to prove himself, so he could bring his loved ones here.
Call’s boss wanted him to write up about this Latino baseball team and enjoy the music
. Was the drug cartel involved into smuggling them out to play baseball.
Excellent story of hope, dreams, and playing baseball, to enjoy.
a week he got for playing baseball. He wanted freedom, and what ever salary they gave him.
He was lonely, needed to prove himself, so he could bring his loved ones here.
Call’s boss wanted him to write up about this Latino baseball team and enjoy the music
. Was the drug cartel involved into smuggling them out to play baseball.
Excellent story of hope, dreams, and playing baseball, to enjoy.
June 21, 2020
Very good read
Thank you R.J. Patterson for bringing Cal Muphy to life. The more you read the more real he becomes. I'm loving these books.
Thank you R.J. Patterson for bringing Cal Muphy to life. The more you read the more real he becomes. I'm loving these books.
August 8, 2023
Never give up your dream.
A story that is set in today. Leaving Cuba behind to find a new life only to face prison. Never give up your dream. You fight harder for it!
A story that is set in today. Leaving Cuba behind to find a new life only to face prison. Never give up your dream. You fight harder for it!
July 3, 2017
I am so interested in these kind of books. I really enjoyed this book.
I'm sorry I do not have the rest of the series
They hold my interest from the beginning to the end
I'm sorry I do not have the rest of the series
They hold my interest from the beginning to the end
April 17, 2017
Flat
The story plot was good but flat. Scenes that were supposed to
Be exciting were ho-hum. Not a page burner. Authorities came across as bumbling and not very smart.
The story plot was good but flat. Scenes that were supposed to
Be exciting were ho-hum. Not a page burner. Authorities came across as bumbling and not very smart.
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