A Wicked Slice

by Charlotte Elkins

Paperback, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

Fic Mystery ElkinsC

Publication

Fawcett (1990), Mass Market Paperback

Description

Lee Ofsted just makes the cut for the Pacific Western Woman's Pro-Am golf tournament. She's never hit the ball better -- but for some reason, her drives keep slicing. But this isn't the only mystery -- soon Lee discovers the body of the tour's star at the bottom of the course lake. Enter Lieutenant Graham Sheldon. He's charming, handsome, and determined to capture the killer -- as well as Lee's heart. But the murder has triggered buried anger and jealousy among the players, and with a diabolical killer on the loose, Lee finds that making par is the least of her problems

User reviews

LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Good story. Interesting characters nicely presented, a plausible murder with quite a few reasonable suspects. The background is a setting that was new to me the first time I read this - I think I've watched professional golf two or three times in my life, and played golf less often than that. But

it's clearly and interestingly presented (Graham must have a mental block - or maybe Lee was going into too much detail). The relationship is quick but not unrealistically so, and the solution is neatly presented, with a bit of climactic action. Good solid mystery story.

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LibraryThing member cyderry

Lee Ofsted is a young female golfer trying to make her way on the pro Tour but unfortunately she is having a problem with her 4 wood seemingly always slicing, but only with that club. Trying to save a few dollars, Lee goes to recover her practice balls that landed near the lake on the practice

range and discovers another golfer in the lake.

Trying to continue in the tournament as well as discover the murderer makes Lee's golf game
a little off par.

I'm going to be looking for the next in this series.

My husband is an avid golfer, I frequently joke that in the ratings of what he counts as most important, golf is ahead of me. I thought reading a book centered on the golf course would be helpful for me to understand his passion. Didn't work that way, but it was a good mystery.

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