Thursday, June 26, 2014

Soccer in Fiction

Can't enough of soccer from watching the World Cup? Here are some titles you can find in the adult Fiction and Mystery collections!

Red or Dead by David Peace
Presents a story based on the life of acclaimed British football manager and coach Bill Shankly that celebrates his enduring influence within the Liverpool Football Club.

Carpool Diem by Nancy Star
A tale of a professional mom who loses her job and finds herself caught up in the kiddie soccer craze.

Corner Shop by Roopa Farooki
Young Lucky Khalil dreams of becoming a World Cup star and pursues a girl who works in his grandfather's corner shop, while his mother rekindles her relationship with her father-in-law, whom she loved years before marrying his son.

Dream Breakers by Elizabeth Gill
Jenna Duncan's only ambition is to marry the boy she loves and have a little house away from her dull job and her parents' boring life, but Ruari's desire to be a professional footballer threaten to drive them apart.

A Vine in the Blood by Leighton Gage
Tackling his highest profile case yet when the mother of Brazil's leading soccer athlete is kidnapped, Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigates a wealth of suspects including Argentinean rivals, the star's gold-digging girlfriend and a vengeful former player.

Reapers: a Botswana Mystery by Frederick Ramsay
After World Cup fever grasps South America, a game ranger finds a corpse in Chobe National Park, and she and Kgabo Modise soon realize that their findings in the case could lead to an international incident.


 







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