Glitter of Diamonds: The Case of the Reckless Radio Host: 2 (Paul Manziuk & Jacquie Ryan Mystery)

A master of plotting. Library Journal.Its Toronto in July. Theres an out-of control baseball player. A frenzied sports media. A talk-show host who enjoys playing devils advocate. The field is ready--for murder.A finely drawn police procedural written in the style of Georgette Heyer long considered queen of the British mystery genre... appealing characters creative plot and classic Agatha Christie style writing. The Suspense ZoneThe second in a classic police procedural series of traditional whodunits set in contemporary Toronto.Homicide detective Inspector Paul Manziuk is mourning the death of his best friend. Constable Jacqueline Ryan is trying to get her bearings and figure out how to keep from irritating an already-stressed Manziuk without losing her self-respect. But not far from Toronto police headquarters two people are speaking words that will lead to murder.Rico Velasquez the Toronto Matrixs new Cuban pitcher is determined to prove he deserves the huge contract hes been given. So he explodes in anger and derision when a reliever gives up a home run that takes away his win. A day later Stasey Simon a radio talk-show host who thrives on controversy asks on-air for a volunteer to knock some sense into Rico.Before long groundskeepers at the Diamond Dome find Ricos body in the bullpen and Manziuk and Ryan are given the task of arresting the murderer before the case escalates into an international incident.Of course Stasey herself is a prime suspect. So are several other members of the sports media an obsessed fan Ricos neglected wife the pitcher Rico embarrassed the elusive owners of the baseball team and a Marilyn Monroe wannabe who seemed to think Rico was her Joe DiMaggio.Manziuk draws on his own love of the game of baseball while Ryan struggles to make sense of a sport shes never watched.