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Jonathan Quick is a dealer in sports relics, hired to help solve a mystery by a group of old ballplayers. He gets caught up in a hilarious quest to avenge their friend's death and find a missing but valuable piece of sports history.

Satire,Mystery,Comedy,Funny

Quick is hired by the Fungo Society to solve their friend's murder. He decides that they are wrong and the player killed himself. So, why doesn’t Quick walk away? Because he’s stumbled into two of his greatest weakness: a missing but valuable relic and an irresistible woman.

Phoenix, AZ Indianapolis, IN

No

Quest

Twist,Happy Ending

Language/Profanity

Name: Jonathan Quick

Age: 33

Gender: Other

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Sarcastic,Skillful,Masculine,Confident,Charming

Name: Valerie Westergren

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Sexy,Skillful,Educated,Decisive,Confident

Name: Rainbow Ruben

Age: 63

Gender: Male

Role: mentor

Key Traits: Honorable,Funny,Outspoken,Confident,Complex,Engaging

Name: Kevin

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Role: sidekick

Key Traits: Obedient,Clumsy,Educated,Selfless,Skillful

Jeff Stanger writes funny novels that usually have the game of baseball as a backdrop. You don't have to be a student of the game or even a fan to enjoy them, however. There is enough mystery, danger, and even romance to keep you on the edge of your seat. His current work includes the Quick Baseball Mystery Series which follows the exploits of a rare baseball memorabilia dealer who always seems to land himself in the middle of a criminal case to be solved. The first installment, The Fungo Society, finds Quick at Spring Training trying to find a rare game-used jersey. Along the way, he meets a group of old ballplayers named the Fungo Society. Think Bull Durham meets Grumpy Old Men meets Oceans 11! The Fungo Society was Shelf Unbound's Runner-Up for Best Indie Book of the Year. In addition, Stanger has written Trolley Dodgers which follows the Midwest college town of Bloomington, IN as they try to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also wrote Kansaska, a funny look back at the semi-pro minor leagues of the 1940s. Stanger lives and writes in Indianapolis, Indiana. Along with writing, he is a member of the faculty at The Fund Raising School at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and a nonprofit consultant.

Age: 18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Information not completed

Status: Yes: self-published

Publisher: Blue Trolley Press

Year Published: 2015

Yes

ISBN-13: 978-1939579010