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    Slugger: An Odle Agency Mystery: Odle Agency Mysteries, #1
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    About this series

    With hardscrabble histories from the coal fights of the '30s through the '50s, Ray and Margaret Odle found each other in the autumn of life and then found a niche together investigating murder.  With "neither fear nor favor" for the unions that hire them they sort out the issues on the shop floor—not to mention in the management suite and the boardroom—and let the chips fall where they may.

    It's 1966 at the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory where two workers have been murdered in gruesome fashion. Called to investigate, Ray and Margaret face threats by long-time enemy thugs from the coal wars and nothing is as it seems— "strike" means you're in not out, "sundown" means neighborhoods where black-owned houses are bombed, and "slope of the grain" has a deadly angle that goes way beyond radio's familiar crack of the bat.

    The Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves are in the running for the World Series, as Mel Allen and Red Barber tell it, while the killer is running foul at Slugger. It will take all of the brains, guts and plain old mountain-tough determination of Ray and Margaret to track him down—unless the killer knocks them out of the park first!

    What Readers Are Saying About Slugger…

    This book is a pleasure to read as detectives Ray and Margaret Odle think and analyze their way through the maze of corporate and personal greed, mob-run betting, personal and institutional racism, union organizing, union-busting tactics, and the inter-connections between jobs, housing, and power. And we learn from that pleasure the social reality of 60's America in the South, two-thirds of the way from the Civil War to the conflicted politics of America today. Highly recommended. --Max Yeh, literature professor and novelist

    Chuck Barrett knows how to spin a Southern yarn. The dialog in Slugger is fresh and authentic …These characters are clever, wry, and authentic. Slugger is not your ordinary historical detective story. It's not your ordinary anything. But it's a damn good read. --James E. Turner, historian and author

    From a social perspective, this was good history. But it was also a very well written detective novel, engaging and often lyrical --Robin Tuttle, attorney

    I enjoyed traveling Barrett's trail of 60's Americana - one with sawdust, baseball, blood, bible and booze. --J Toner, artist and baseball enthusiast

    Barrett's personal experience in a union shop provides a tone of authenticity. A wild tale, with enough gravitas to give it balance makes this a fun and compelling read. --J H, photographer and author

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChuck Barrett
    Release dateOct 3, 2019
    Slugger: An Odle Agency Mystery: Odle Agency Mysteries, #1

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      Slugger: An Odle Agency Mystery: Odle Agency Mysteries, #1
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      Slugger: An Odle Agency Mystery: Odle Agency Mysteries, #1

      Chuck Barrett
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      With hardscrabble histories from the coal fights of the '30s through the '50s, Ray and Margaret Odle found each other in the autumn of life and then found a niche together investigating murder.  With "neither fear nor favor" for the unions that hire them they sort out the issues on the shop floor—not to mention in the management suite and the boardroom—and let the chips fall where they may. It's 1966 at the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory where two workers have been murdered in gruesome fashion. Called to investigate, Ray and Margaret face threats by long-time enemy thugs from the coal wars and nothing is as it seems— "strike" means you're in not out, "sundown" means neighborhoods where black-owned houses are bombed, and "slope of the grain" has a deadly angle that goes way beyond radio's familiar crack of the bat. The Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves are in the running for the World Series, as Mel Allen and Red Barber tell it, while the killer is running foul at Slugger. It will take all of the brains, guts and plain old mountain-tough determination of Ray and Margaret to track him down—unless the killer knocks them out of the park first! What Readers Are Saying About Slugger… This book is a pleasure to read as detectives Ray and Margaret Odle think and analyze their way through the maze of corporate and personal greed, mob-run betting, personal and institutional racism, union organizing, union-busting tactics, and the inter-connections between jobs, housing, and power. And we learn from that pleasure the social reality of 60's America in the South, two-thirds of the way from the Civil War to the conflicted politics of America today. Highly recommended. --Max Yeh, literature professor and novelist Chuck Barrett knows how to spin a Southern yarn. The dialog in Slugger is fresh and authentic …These characters are clever, wry, and authentic. Slugger is not your ordinary historical detective story. It's not your ordinary anything. But it's a damn good read. --James E. Turner, historian and author From a social perspective, this was good history. But it was also a very well written detective novel, engaging and often lyrical --Robin Tuttle, attorney I enjoyed traveling Barrett's trail of 60's Americana - one with sawdust, baseball, blood, bible and booze. --J Toner, artist and baseball enthusiast Barrett's personal experience in a union shop provides a tone of authenticity. A wild tale, with enough gravitas to give it balance makes this a fun and compelling read. --J H, photographer and author

      With hardscrabble histories from the coal fights of the '30s through the '50s, Ray and Margaret Odle found each other in the autumn of life and then found a niche together investigating murder.  With "neither fear nor favor" for the unions that hire them they sort out the issues on the shop floor—not to mention in the management suite and the boardroom—and let the chips fall where they may. It's 1966 at the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory where two workers have been murdered in gruesome fashion. Called to investigate, Ray and Margaret face threats by long-time enemy thugs from the coal wars and nothing is as it seems— "strike" means you're in not out, "sundown" means neighborhoods where black-owned houses are bombed, and "slope of the grain" has a deadly angle that goes way beyond radio's familiar crack of the bat. The Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves are in the running for the World Series, as Mel Allen and Red Barber tell it, while the killer is running foul at Slugger. It will take all of the brains, guts and plain old mountain-tough determination of Ray and Margaret to track him down—unless the killer knocks them out of the park first! What Readers Are Saying About Slugger… This book is a pleasure to read as detectives Ray and Margaret Odle think and analyze their way through the maze of corporate and personal greed, mob-run betting, personal and institutional racism, union organizing, union-busting tactics, and the inter-connections between jobs, housing, and power. And we learn from that pleasure the social reality of 60's America in the South, two-thirds of the way from the Civil War to the conflicted politics of America today. Highly recommended. --Max Yeh, literature professor and novelist Chuck Barrett knows how to spin a Southern yarn. The dialog in Slugger is fresh and authentic …These characters are clever, wry, and authentic. Slugger is not your ordinary historical detective story. It's not your ordinary anything. But it's a damn good read. --James E. Turner, historian and author From a social perspective, this was good history. But it was also a very well written detective novel, engaging and often lyrical --Robin Tuttle, attorney I enjoyed traveling Barrett's trail of 60's Americana - one with sawdust, baseball, blood, bible and booze. --J Toner, artist and baseball enthusiast Barrett's personal experience in a union shop provides a tone of authenticity. A wild tale, with enough gravitas to give it balance makes this a fun and compelling read. --J H, photographer and author

    Author

    Chuck Barrett

    Award-winning author of the Jake Pendleton series—Breach of Power, The Toymaker, The Savannah Project, and his latest 2016 release, DISRUPTION, as well as his 2015 award-winning blockbuster, BLOWN, the first book in his new Gregg Kaplan series. Chuck Barrett also speaks and conducts workshops at book festivals, book clubs, reading groups, writers conferences, and writers groups. Some of his topics include Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing based on his book—Publishing Unchained: An Off-Beat Guide to Independent Publishing—as well as, Blueprint for a Successful Book Launch, Getting from ‘Idea’ to ‘Finished Manuscript,’ Mysteries & Thrillers: Fact or Fiction, Has marketing Become a 4-Letter Word? and Adding the “What if” in Storytelling. Barrett also teaches continuing education courses at two Fort Collins colleges, The Craft of Writing Bestselling Novels and Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing, at Colorado State University & Front Range Community College. Barrett is a graduate of Auburn University and a retired air traffic controller. He also holds a Commercial Pilot Certificate, Flight Instructor Certificate, and a Dive Master rating. He enjoys fly fishing, hiking, and most things outdoors. He and his wife, DJ Steele (also an author), currently reside in Colorado. Awards: —BLOWN 2016 Writers Digest Self-Published Book Awards —Breach of Power Winner of the 2013 Indie Excellence Award in Political Thrillers. Finalist in the 2013 International Book Awards Thriller/Adventure category. —The Toymaker Finalist in the 2013 International Book Awards Thriller/Adventure & Mystery/Suspense categories. —The Savannah Project Finalist in the 2011 International Book Awards Thriller/Adventure category. Second Place in the 2011 Reviewers Choice Awards Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Horror category. Honorable Mention in the 2011 ForeWord Reviews Book-Of-The-Year Awards Thriller/Suspense category.

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