Murder at St. Andrews
(2019)(The second book in the Darwin Summers Mystery series)
A novel by James Koeper
A famous detective. A legendary golf course. Eighteen holes to unmask a killer.
Darwin Summers, world famous detective, and his assistant Jake Maddox, are at it again, this time in St. Andrews at the legendary home of golf, the Old Course.
Golf has been played on the Old Course for over six hundred years, since before Columbus discovered America, since before Michelangelo sculpted his David. But what brings Summers to St. Andrews isn't just golf, it's murder, carried out on the doorstep of the Old Course. A man is found on the beach, a sword sticking out of his back, the sand around him smooth and untouched. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is not happy; they want Summers to find the culprit and put a stop to the gossip of a ghost stalking the boundaries of the Old Course.
Summers agrees to work the case, but only on the most unusual of terms. Can he solve the murder during a round of golf on the Old Course?
At the core of the novel are eighteen chapters, one for each of the Old Course's holes. By the eighteenth green Summers has deduced the identity of the killer, and the reader has absorbed fascinating bits of lore about the Open and its celebrated Claret Jug, and the Old Course and its famous holes, including the most famous of all, the Road Hole. The reader will learn stories of some of the great golfers who have played the Old Course, including Old and Young Tom Morris, Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, John Daly, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and many others.
Murder at St. Andrews is a classic who-done-it which will appeal to golfers and non-golfers alike. It is the sequel to Murder at Augusta.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Darwin Summers, world famous detective, and his assistant Jake Maddox, are at it again, this time in St. Andrews at the legendary home of golf, the Old Course.
Golf has been played on the Old Course for over six hundred years, since before Columbus discovered America, since before Michelangelo sculpted his David. But what brings Summers to St. Andrews isn't just golf, it's murder, carried out on the doorstep of the Old Course. A man is found on the beach, a sword sticking out of his back, the sand around him smooth and untouched. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is not happy; they want Summers to find the culprit and put a stop to the gossip of a ghost stalking the boundaries of the Old Course.
Summers agrees to work the case, but only on the most unusual of terms. Can he solve the murder during a round of golf on the Old Course?
At the core of the novel are eighteen chapters, one for each of the Old Course's holes. By the eighteenth green Summers has deduced the identity of the killer, and the reader has absorbed fascinating bits of lore about the Open and its celebrated Claret Jug, and the Old Course and its famous holes, including the most famous of all, the Road Hole. The reader will learn stories of some of the great golfers who have played the Old Course, including Old and Young Tom Morris, Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, John Daly, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and many others.
Murder at St. Andrews is a classic who-done-it which will appeal to golfers and non-golfers alike. It is the sequel to Murder at Augusta.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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