tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post7798762461590712220..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: Murder at the Super Bowl: Football Crime FictionJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-44776602647930994682011-02-09T05:19:32.567-08:002011-02-09T05:19:32.567-08:00Another is The Hidden Key by George Harmon Coxe. P...Another is The Hidden Key by George Harmon Coxe. Published in 1963, it involves a new league's [AFL] Boston team in the week and a half before the championship game.CQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812751573047844045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-87517330136108325882011-02-06T22:17:50.666-08:002011-02-06T22:17:50.666-08:00Don't forget LIFE'S WORK by Jonathan Valin...Don't forget LIFE'S WORK by Jonathan Valin. It's a true classic; an early romp on 'roid rage and as stinging an indictment of the big game as there is. It's as if a pissed-off Ross Macdonald teamed up with Spillane to rewrite NORTH DALLAS FORTY.Kevin Burton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366595974389658683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-28553461340165149882011-02-06T13:27:46.568-08:002011-02-06T13:27:46.568-08:00Day of the Ram by William Campbell Gault. The dete...Day of the Ram by William Campbell Gault. The detective is former pro football player, Brock Callahan. He appears in some other books, but I don't know how much football figures.Doug Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442233093216368844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-88560054882979750662011-02-06T06:10:40.794-08:002011-02-06T06:10:40.794-08:00thanks, Kent, have added them.thanks, Kent, have added them.Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-39118986476668134322011-02-05T18:48:08.631-08:002011-02-05T18:48:08.631-08:00Without moving a bunch of boxes to get to my hardc...Without moving a bunch of boxes to get to my hardcover football fiction, I found a couple of PBs that fit.<br /><br />Super-Dude by John Craig and Coliseum by Barney Cohen. The first one is about the first black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl being kidnapped and held for ransom while the second is about murder and terror inside a domed stadium in, wait for it, Texas.Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-23708344738725649582011-02-05T18:33:40.606-08:002011-02-05T18:33:40.606-08:00Yes, it's the same Fran Tarkenton.. that's...Yes, it's the same Fran Tarkenton.. that's why it's 'co-written' :-)Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-60290342686189477602011-02-05T14:50:41.852-08:002011-02-05T14:50:41.852-08:00considering that sports (playing and watching) and...considering that sports (playing and watching) and crime fiction are too of my biggest loves, it's surprising I haven't read many sports-centred mysteries at all...<br /><br />I've read a couple of Harlan Coben's Bolitar and standalones that have sports in them. <br /><br />NB. Is the Fran Tarkenton that co-wrote that mystery the famous NFL player?Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-82101988284142681302011-02-05T10:01:05.093-08:002011-02-05T10:01:05.093-08:00Thanks, Bill, and I've added it...Thanks, Bill, and I've added it...Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-76109151459826288422011-02-05T09:10:34.441-08:002011-02-05T09:10:34.441-08:00In the thriller category, or maybe the WTF categor...In the thriller category, or maybe the WTF category, there's THE LAST SUPER BOWL by Robin Moore and David Harper.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com