Prairie Hardball — Alison Gordon

Kate Henry returns to her roots in small-town Saskatchewan where her mother and a group of other veterans from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s are gathered for their induction into the local Baseball Hall of Fame. But what is meant to be a carefree weekend turns into a tense investigation when one of Mrs. Henry's former teammates is found brutally murdered.

In Prairie Hardball, one of today's craftiest mystery writers combines a nostalgic look at baseball with a fast-moving, richly textured plot as, once again, Kate Henry's instincts and wit play against conventional police wisdom.