Last Man Out: A Novel of Suspense

New York: A Signet Book. Fine. 1994. 1st Signet Printing. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1 x 7.25 x 4.5 Inches. 288 pages. A Joe Tinker Mystery, No. 2. THE 1946 BROOKLYN DODGERS HAVE A GREAT LINE-UP. UNTIL A KILLER THROWS A CURVE.Sportswriter Joe Tinker can hardly wait. The war is over. The old Dodger stars are back. Even better, his beloved Bums have a fantastic rookie, Harvey Tipper, who is a sure bet to rip up the record books and put the icing on a pennant cakewalk.Then gorgeous New York heiress Gloria Manley turns up dead. And Harvey turns out to be the last of the long list of lovers who fed her appetite for sex and sadism. Only Joe Tinker can save the future superstar from taking the rap...as he follows the twisted trail that leads from the sunlit verities of the baseball diamond to the darkest secrets of Manhattan playpens. And when he finds that even his street smarts leave him with a lot to learn about the cynical sophistication of cafe society, Tinker is already down to his final out against a killer who keeps mowing them down.... .