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Be the one, April Smith

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  • "Smith follows her celebrated debut, North of Montana (1994), with an intriguing baseball thriller about the major leagues' only female scout." --
  • Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers--the only female scout in the major leagues. Hard-living and hard-drinking, a gifted athlete herself, she takes pride in successfully competing in a male world. But recently she has been losing prospects on the sign, and her job security is teetering on the edge. When she gets a tip from a close friend and fellow scout about Alberto Cruz, a young phenom in the Dominican Republic, she impulsively catches a flight to Santo Domingo--even though it is out of her territory and she will undoubtedly incur her boss's wrath. If Alberto Cruz is as good as she's been told, the trip will be worth the risk. The risk starts quickly. Not only has Cruz "got it all--the heart, the guts, the aptitude," he may also have "a bad spirit on him." And he's not the only man Cassidy meets on the island who might change her life for good or ill. The other is Joe Galinis, a powerful financier and real estate developer, "one of the most provocative men she has ever met." When Cassidy returns to Los Angeles, she finds herself entangled in a blackmail scheme laced with otherworldly vodou and real-life violence: a tightening triangle of suspicion and deception that leads her to the back rooms (and backstabbing) of high-stakes sports and finance--where she is about to discover that there is a thin line between a competitor and a killer." --
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eng
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First edition.
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317 pages
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"This is a Borzoi book."--Title page verso
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9780679450962
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Be the one
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Be the one
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April Smith
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eng
Summary
  • "Smith follows her celebrated debut, North of Montana (1994), with an intriguing baseball thriller about the major leagues' only female scout." --
  • Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers--the only female scout in the major leagues. Hard-living and hard-drinking, a gifted athlete herself, she takes pride in successfully competing in a male world. But recently she has been losing prospects on the sign, and her job security is teetering on the edge. When she gets a tip from a close friend and fellow scout about Alberto Cruz, a young phenom in the Dominican Republic, she impulsively catches a flight to Santo Domingo--even though it is out of her territory and she will undoubtedly incur her boss's wrath. If Alberto Cruz is as good as she's been told, the trip will be worth the risk. The risk starts quickly. Not only has Cruz "got it all--the heart, the guts, the aptitude," he may also have "a bad spirit on him." And he's not the only man Cassidy meets on the island who might change her life for good or ill. The other is Joe Galinis, a powerful financier and real estate developer, "one of the most provocative men she has ever met." When Cassidy returns to Los Angeles, she finds herself entangled in a blackmail scheme laced with otherworldly vodou and real-life violence: a tightening triangle of suspicion and deception that leads her to the back rooms (and backstabbing) of high-stakes sports and finance--where she is about to discover that there is a thin line between a competitor and a killer." --
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Smith, April
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
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  • Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
  • Baseball scouts
  • Baseball players
  • Americans
  • Dominican Republic
  • Los Angeles (Calif.)
  • Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
  • Baseball players
  • Americans
  • Baseball scouts
  • California
  • Dominican Republic
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Be the one, April Smith
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"This is a Borzoi book."--Title page verso
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text
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rdacontent
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44089428
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780679450962
Lccn
00034915
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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(OCoLC)44089428
Label
Be the one, April Smith
Publication
Copyright
Note
"This is a Borzoi book."--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
44089428
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780679450962
Lccn
00034915
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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(OCoLC)44089428

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