Forced Out
A Novel
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4.4 • 30 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From “absolutely first-rate” (James Patterson) New York Times bestselling author Stephen Frey, a white-knuckled thriller where life and death are played out against the backdrop of America’s favorite game—baseball.
Forced to retire from his job as a scout for the Yankees, Jack Barrett is just getting by in a small Florida town when his daughter drags him to watch the local minor league game. It’s a night that will change his life.
Jack spots a remarkable player whose amazing natural skill on the field is overshadowed by his bad attitude and solitary habits. But the young man has a secret that will put all of Jack’s plans—and maybe even his life—in jeopardy.
Suspenseful and surprising, this unputdownable tale proves Stephen Frey to be a true master of page-turning thrills.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Known for his financial thrillers, Frey (The Takeover) mixes baseball and crime in his less than compelling 15th novel. Arthritic, 63-year-old Jack Barrett, who lives with his grown daughter in Sarasota, Fla., where he bags groceries at a convenience store, wonders how he got sacked from his job as a respected scout for the New York Yankees and robbed of his pension. While watching a local minor league baseball game, Jack sees a player who just might be his ticket back to "The Show": Mikey Clemants, a gifted centerfielder who displays his talents intermittently and doesn't seek or earn the approval of the fans or his teammates. Add to the mix Johnny "Deuce" Bondano, a Queens hit man hired to murder the guy who killed a Mafioso's grandson. Readers will enjoy unraveling the mysterious backstories of Barrett and Clemants, but a plethora of subplots and minor characters slow the main action.
