The Mighty Johns: A Novella

Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. Thriller. HTML: From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a gripping thriller novella about a college football player's investigation into the unsolved disappearance of a local legend who seemingly vanished into thin air. Forty years ago, Herschel Ruggles, the most legendary player on the Mighty Johns football team at Draven University, disappeared after scoring a record-breaking touchdown. ? Instead of tossing the ball to the referee after his near-mythical athletic feat or celebrating with the nearly 25,000 spectators in the stands, Ruggles continued running, ball in hand, into a passageway that led deep underneath the field to the Mighty Johns� locker room�and was never seen again. His disappearance has mystified the community for decades . . . until another player�Merlin North, a brilliant physics major�helps break Ruggles�s record for kickoff returns. After that, North turns detective and becomes fixated on discovering what happened to Herschel Ruggles. Investigating Ruggles�s mysterious disappearance, however, will prove unexpectedly dangerous for North, as evidence of murder�and ghostly visions�reveal the truth to be far more stunning than he ever could have anticipated. Includes a teaser for A Gambling Man, David Baldacci's second Archer novel�?available now!.… (more)