I love baseball and I especially love the Red Sox, so I expected to really enjoy this book. Instead, I was very disappointed. Yes, the little historical tidbits were interesting, but overall, this struck me as written in a very amateurish way. The story was very linear, with very little to keep the plot moving forward. The story line was not very compelling at all.Also, there is fundamental disconnect here - written in the first person, the character Mickey Rawlings is supposed to be very uneducated and rough around the edges, yet the writer (Troy Soos) tells the story with words and phrases that, while very descriptive, are totally out of place coming from the mouth of Mickey Rawlings. That bothered me repeatedly.Ultimately, I was about 2/3 of the way through the book, and I found that I just didn't care who the murderer was. I felt no real connection with Mickey, so I returned the book to the library unfinished. I cannot recommend this book to anyone.
Received this (and several sequels) as a random Christmas gift; had never heard of the series before that. This first one made for perfect beach/airplane reading on my recent trip to Jamaica. The writing was a little clunky, especially at the outset as the author had to set up the narrator and the premise for the series -- kind of like the pilot episode of a new TV show, lots of exposition and stilted conversations that introduce characters and premise -- but it was a reasonably entertaining and very quick read, certainly enjoyable for a baseball (and Red Sox/Fenway Park) fan like myself. A nice break from the denser fare I've been trying to work my way through lately (ahem, Song of Ice and Fire).
Do You like book Murder At Fenway Park (1995)?
So boring! Couldn't maintain my interest nor did I have a desire to read and/or finish this book--I did because I was reading it for a book club. I usually like books that are cozies and that don't have serial killers or include a lot of suspense. But this one was awful, with so many typographical and grammatical errors, that the reader even had a hard time following the name of a main character. Maybe the paperback version was clean, but the Kindle edition had constant replacements of the letter "l" with the letter "t." Maybe a fanatical baseball history buff would enjoy this story, but I sure didn't.
—Gail Chall
"Murder at Fenway Park" by Troy Soos.This book is basically for baseball history enthusiasts more than mystery lovers. The narrator throughout is the main character, Mickey Rawlings. The story takes place in 1912 with Mickey's entry into professional baseball with the Boston Red Sox.Mickey discovers a body in the stadium, but this comes after endless narration of baseball history told with little or no emotion. I was so disappointed with this book and cannot actually call it a mystery. The mundane reciting of baseball history, although I too love the sport, turned me off completely. I finished more than half of the book and returned it to the library.
—Ellen
