Open Season [Hardcover]

Jim Moriarty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2005

Veteran photographer Nick Oliver blew his assignment at the Masters. He is shaken even more by a senseless and brutal killing a few doors down in his seedy Augusta motel. When another body turns up on idyllic little Hilton Head, he's drawn into a search for the truth, suspecting the existence of a vicious killer following the PGA tour.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The story is unveiled with all the Sunday surprises of a Major, but just as much CSI as CBS Sports. -- GolfChicago!, March 2005

From the Publisher

From murder in Augusta, to death in peaceful Hilton Head, to a frenzied climax at the cradle of American golf, Pinehurst, Open Season is a riveting page-turner that will keep you up all night as you follow the trail of deceit and meet a lunatic eye-to-eye, all while golf's finest players pursue its greatest titles.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sports Media Group (March 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587261804
• ISBN-13: 978-1587261800
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,874,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, thrilling and filled with golf insight, September 26, 2006

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J.M.D - See all my reviews

This review is from: Open Season (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a fun, exciting, thriller which gives us a view into the cogs of the professional golf wheel that only an insider would be able to give. Moriarty has obviously been an insider to the golf world for some time now. I'm not even a golf fan and I found it fascinating. It's an exciting murder mystery that keeps your attention the entire time. The perfect book for a plane ride, beach chair, or that golfer fanatic.

2.0 out of 5 stars Promising Start - Lousy Finish, April 12, 2006

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John R. Linnell (New Gloucester, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Open Season (Hardcover)

Somewhere around the middle of this book it reads as though someone else finished it, rather than the person that wrote the first part of it.

The result is not a welcome one.

What starts out as an interesting story with a lot of insights into the goings on with the PGA Tour, The Masters and the US Open turns into a poorly plotted jumble of a story in which the characters lose their reality, the story loses it's focus and the reader loses interest. That's not a winning trifecta and this book is a huge disappointment.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ripping good yarn, September 1, 2005

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This review is from: Open Season (Hardcover)

Though I am neither a golfer nor a photographer, I enjoyed this book and found it almost impossible to put down. It's a combination love story and murder mystery, set against a fascinating backdrop of the PGA touring circuit. The lead character, Nick Oliver, is an engaging and 'real' human being, and the story moves along briskly. A great vacation read, or a book to take your mind off whatever's worrying you.