Bleeding Dodger Blue — Crabbe Evers

IN THIS OLD TIMERS' GAME, THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH

Dodger Stadium, where the grizzled Bums of Brooklyn gave way to the tanned pretty boys of Tinseltown. Where sushi vendors ply their trade in the box seats and "seventh-inning stretch" refers to the stretch limousines that carry away spectators during the seventh inning to beat the freeway traffic. But Dodger Stadium, nestled in Chavez Ravine high above the City of Angels, is much too close to Sunset Boulevard, the site of a very grisly piece of recent history--the fifth murder by L.A.'s "Sunset Slasher."

Before the commissioner of baseball can even ask, veteran sportswriter Duffy House begins to look into the killing. This time Duffy doesn't need an invitation--this murder investigation is personal. For the latest victim is not only one of California's most popular showmen, he's also one of Duffy's oldest friends. And Duffy'd better take care not to get caught off base, because he's captured the attention of a killer with one hell of a pickoff move.