From Publishers Weekly
Charlotte Elkins makes her mystery debut with her husband Aaron, 1988 Edgar winner for Old Bones and author of five additional top whodunits. Golf-pro Lee Ofstead nearly gives up when a "wicked slice" hurts her game during the women's tournament in Carmel, Calif. Admiring while envying Kate O'Brian, star of the golf pro circuit, Lee dreams of similar triumphs, but the scenario becomes a nightmare when somebody murders Kate. Detective Graham Sheldon questions Lee first among many suspects, since she found the body and is now replacing Kate as the well-paid endorser of Sawyer's Sports Equipment. Helping Graham with information on the esoteric world of exhibition golf, Lee wins his heart, and together they investigate others: Milt Sawyer of the sports firm, tournament director Nick Pittman and the competing players. After the requisite endangerment of the heroine, the engagingly humorous thriller turns into a Lee/Graham love story.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Aaron Elkins, the author of the Edgar-winning Old Bones, teamed up with his wife, Charlotte, to fashion this lighthearted mystery--a fictional look at the less glamorous side of a golf tour.
In this first Lee Ofsted mystery, Lee is a "rabbit" golfer in the Pacific-Western Women's Pro-Am. She made it into the tournament by the skin of her teeth and suddenly she can't keep her long drives from slicing--veering sharply to the right. She is hitting the ball perfectly and it simply isn't going where it is supposed to. And if Lee can't get rid of this slice quickly, all the scraping and saving to enter the tournament and stay in it, all the Big Macs and cheap motels, will be for nothing.
Then Lee discovers the body of the tour's star at the bottom of the course lake, and her own problems with golf techniques pale in comparison. Enter Lieutenant Graham Sheldon. He's charming, handsome, and determined to capture the killer--as well as Lee's heart. But the murder has triggered buried anger and petty jealousies among the players. Lee finds out just what wicked means are causing her drives to slice. And it looks like the murderer has barely begun to score....
In this first Lee Ofsted mystery, Lee is a "rabbit" golfer in the Pacific-Western Women's Pro-Am. She made it into the tournament by the skin of her teeth and suddenly she can't keep her long drives from slicing--veering sharply to the right. She is hitting the ball perfectly and it simply isn't going where it is supposed to. And if Lee can't get rid of this slice quickly, all the scraping and saving to enter the tournament and stay in it, all the Big Macs and cheap motels, will be for nothing.
Then Lee discovers the body of the tour's star at the bottom of the course lake, and her own problems with golf techniques pale in comparison. Enter Lieutenant Graham Sheldon. He's charming, handsome, and determined to capture the killer--as well as Lee's heart. But the murder has triggered buried anger and petty jealousies among the players. Lee finds out just what wicked means are causing her drives to slice. And it looks like the murderer has barely begun to score....
