{"product_id":"the-stray-pitch-paperback","title":"The Stray Pitch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarylin Bos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Allan\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWendy Winkworth is a spirited heroine who's as tough as she is resourceful.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1950, Burton City, Iowa, and twenty-four-year-old Wendy Winkworth has a PI license, but absolutely no clients. That changes the morning she reads about the murder of Betty Jane Wadlow-star pitcher for the Burton City Hornettes and the brightest talent in the Star-Spangled Girls Baseball League.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the team's owner hires Wendy to investigate from the inside, she finds herself in the most unlikely undercover assignment of her fledgling career: suiting up as a utility player on a professional women's baseball team. Her baseball skills are questionable at best. Her detective instincts, however, are sharper than anyone gives her credit for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Wendy navigates the tight-knit world of the Hornettes-with its jealousies, romances, and whispered rivalries-she uncovers a web of motives that stretches well beyond the diamond. A missing gold necklace. A jar of crimson paint. A cryptic word scrawled on a riverside boulder. And a killer who has every reason to make sure Wendy never puts the pieces together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp, funny, and richly atmospheric, The Stray Pitch is the first novel in the beloved Wendy Winkworth Mystery series-a pitch-perfect blend of historical fiction, classic whodunit, and irresistible wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Susan Elia MacNeal, and classic amateur sleuth mysteries set in mid-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooks in the Wendy Winkworth series: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 1: The Stray Pitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 2: Bubbles, Roses, and Rump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 3: Switching Sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371908272365,"sku":"9781938237157","price":17.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/yeeLaK2oP69781938237157.webp?v=1785487875","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-stray-pitch-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}