In a second installment in the popular series featuring the professional golfer and amateur sleuth Lee Ofsted, Lee investigates the death by lightning of a fellow golfer, a man who happened to have a clubhouse full of enemies. Reprint. PW.
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From Publishers Weekly
Exhibiting admirable follow-through, the authors of A Wicked Slice bring back young golf-pro/sleuth Lee Ofsted in a classic cozy that draws extra appeal from its golf-tour milieu. After a record opening-day round at New Mexico's Cottonwood Creek Country Club, Lee is out front in the Women's Professional Golf League High Desert tournament. But the twinge of tennis elbow that bothered her on the 17th hole flares after she attempts CPR on a man she finds on the course, apparently the victim of a lightning strike. Unable to save Ted Guthrie, the antagonistic president of Cottonwood Creek's board of directors, Lee can't swing a club either. Withdrawing from the tournament, she goes to work with the TV crew covering the tour and is thus on the scene when venerable sports announcer Boyd Marriner dies in the cafeteria. Using her TV role as an investigative cover, Lee probes both deaths, joined in her sleuthing by her boyfriend, Graham Sheldon, a California cop who comes to visit. The pursuit of a killer leads to nighttime danger on the high desert golf course before the game and winning Lee can resolve the puzzles of both the homicides and her heart.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
This second collaborative effort follows the success of A Wicked Slice (St. Martin's, 1989), which introduced female amateur sleuth and professional golfer Lee Ofsted. When the country club's most unpopular man is struck by lightening on the golf course, Lee looks into his death.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I Love Lee Ofstead,
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I love Lee Ofstead, and I mean that in the romantic sense. Smart, gorgeous, athletic, a bit headstrong, she's my kind of woman. I read this very engaging story from cover to cover, and found myself laughing out loud at some of Lee's wry humor. A classic murder mystery with a romantic tension subplot, it was perfect. I started with this second book of the series, but plan to go back to the first, Wicked Slice, and follow Lee on her entertaining path.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Light cozy golf mystery,
This review is from: Rotten Lies (Paperback)
Struggling pro golfer, Lee Ofstead is playing the best round of golf of her career. When she hurts her arm administering CPR to Ted Guthrie, the most hated man at the golf course, Lee cannot finish the game. When her lover, California cop Graham Sheldon, joins her at the tournament, they join together to solve the murder. This was a light, cozy mystery. What appealed to me was the setting and the characters. I don't play golf but the setting was fresh and interesting without overwhelming you with golf information and the budding romance between Lee and Graham was nicely done. The authors are a husband and wife team. Aaron Elkins has written several fine mysteries and Charlotte is a serious amateur golfer and writer. The first in the series was A Wicked Slice.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Elkins team shoots par with this mystery,
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This review is from: Rotten Lies (Paperback)
The second installment of the Lee Offstead series from Charlotte and Aaron Elkins is a delightful, easy read. Though not a golfer myself, the material revolving around the course was not lost in lingo and jargon but was instead presented clearly. The authors do a good job of developing the characters and the plot lines, both those integral to the story and those developing for the book series. I enjoyed the down-to-earth character of Lee and the predicaments she faces in the story. I've been a long-time fan of the Elkins' and look forward to the third installment in this series.
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