{"product_id":"double-switch-isbn-9781101873823","title":"Double Switch","description":"Relief pitcher\/private investigator Johnny Adcock doesn't have an office; he has the bullpen. That's where he meets Tiff Tate, the femme-fatale stylist responsible for half the looks in Major League Baseball, from Brian Wilson's beard to Big Papi's gold ropes. Tiff has a problem. Her new client, the rookie phenom Yonel Ruiz, has been threatened by a cartel of smugglers. Adcock is her last best hope. As he embarks on this potentially deadly mission, Adcock tangoes with a mysterious, sexy assassin known only as La Loba. And he still has the playoffs to worry about.“Monday’s \u003ci\u003eDouble Switch\u003c\/i\u003e is a rocket ride of a sports mystery with a wicked curve ball on every smoothly written page. May Johnny Adcock’s careers as a relief pitcher and sleuth motor on for a very long time.\" \u003cbr\u003e--David Baldacci, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guilty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Rollicking good fun for anyone who loves baseball and mysteries, T.T. Monday takes you inside a modern-day baseball clubhouse and imagines a world in which a left-handed bullpen specialist moonlights as a real-world fixer.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Molly Knight, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Team Money Can Buy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Double Switch \u003c\/i\u003eis a fast-paced, crisply written mystery novel...that balances baseball against underworld vices like sex, drugs, violence, human trafficking — and oh yeah, several dead bodies....Monday’s prose is witty and sharp, and he packs a lot into the plot, which moves briskly to a tidy conclusion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Tampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Monday is at ease in moving among crime, baseball, and romance. The book gains authenticity from its references to real-life figures and situations. And the first-person narrator makes for good company. Monday's second effort, following \u003ci\u003eThe Setup Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), is an enjoyable, easygoing sequel that shows off the author's skill at seamlessly mixing genres.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Kirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Monday (a pseudonym for novelist Nick Taylor) knows his baseball well, creates a mystery out of the very real exploitation of Cuban baseball defectors, and hasan ear for dialogue. Good enough that readers who missed the first Adcock mystery (\u003ci\u003eThe Setup Man, \u003c\/i\u003e2014) will be eager to catch up.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Monday handles the baseball action flawlessly with this timely look at the influx of Cuban ballplayers and those eager to take advantage of them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eT. T. MONDAY is the pseudonym of novelist Nick Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Disagreement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFather Junípero’s Confessor. Double Switch\u003c\/i\u003e is his second novel to feature Johnny Adcock, following \u003ci\u003eThe Setup Man.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302361747685,"sku":"NP9781101873823","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781101873823.jpg?v=1767725568","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/double-switch-isbn-9781101873823","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}