{"product_id":"wild-pitch-paperback","title":"Wild Pitch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. B. Guthrie  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Buster Hogue is shot at the annual town picnic, plenty of motives appear, but no clues point to the sniper. A lot of people had reason to dislike Hogue or even to wish him dead because of personal and unhappy experience, but grudges don't count in the absence of evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChick Charleston, the small-town Montana sheriff, has had no experience with this kind of case, the county not having been inclined to homicidal endeavors. Neither does his county office have the gadgets to ferret out the criminal. But he has patience, persistence, a sense of humor, and a sharp understanding of human nature. He also has a keen assistant in seventeen-year-old Jason Beard, pitcher for the Midbury baseball team and amateur detective, who takes notes and acts as Watson to Charleston's Holmes. In the violent and surprising finale, young Jase plays a saving hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is humor in these pages, even earthy hilarity, but at no cost to mystery and suspense. Against the western background he knows so well, A. B. Guthrie Jr. has created a very human and believable sleuth in Chick Charleston, and in Jason Beard a singularly engaging narrator, whose accounts of local characters such as Loose Lancaster, Doc Yak, and old Mrs. Jenkins are guaranteed to entertain the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-91) was a historian and novelist whose 1949 book \u003cem\u003eThe Way West\u003c\/em\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He is the author of several other western mysteries, including \u003cem\u003eThe Genuine Article\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Second Wind\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlaying Catch-Up\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMurder in the Cotswolds\u003c\/em\u003e, all soon to be available in Bison Books editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-91) was a historian and novelist whose 1949 book \u003ci\u003eThe Way West\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He is the author of several other western mysteries, including \u003ci\u003eThe Genuine Article\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Second Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlaying Catch-Up\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Cotswolds\u003c\/i\u003e, all soon to be available in Bison Books editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228937666809,"sku":"9780803230293","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OUlZSTA5dWZXM2hNRDR5OHQyUVhXdz09.webp?v=1768296718","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wild-pitch-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}