My fourth and final review for the month is Michael Balkind's second book, Dead Ball. 

If you read Sudden Death, then you know most of the characters.  Even the bad guys from Sudden Death make a cameo appearance.  Reid Clark, the main character in Sudden Death takes a step back so the light can shine on his organization, Allsport, and his unstoppable security team, led by Jay Scott.  This time it's his best friend and CFO of Allsport, Bob Thomas, who is the target, and he isn't as lucky as Reid was.

The story starts with The President of the United States and a dead body and ends with a firefight in an airport.  Along the way, money, gunrunning, gangs, wiseguys and revenge muddy the trail Jay and his men must follow to find the trigger finger and the person who paid for it. 

Michael Balkind loves sports, the descriptions of the various games are almost romantic in their detail.  He loves food and cars as well.  If you would enjoy a testosterone laden dash through sports, cigars, fast cars, beautiful women, rich food, richer men and murder, this is the book you should read.

Let's do this again in November.  Send me your first chapter, and I'll choose one or more titles to review in December. 

BG Pupps