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Close Call

by Elise Hart Kipness

A tennis feature becomes a search for a missing player

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A tennis feature becomes a search for a missing player

Sports reporter and former Olympian Kate Green is covering two prominent women’s tennis players at the US Open when one disappears after an interview with her. A threatening message and photograph draw Kate into a search, bringing her estranged father, an NYPD detective, into the investigation. The inquiry moves from Flushing Meadows to the missing player’s hometown, where a growing list of suspects and threatened revelations complicate the effort to find her. The setup links the pressures of public attention and professional sports with a kidnapping mystery built around family ties, hidden information, and the risks Kate takes to pursue the story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of mysteries featuring a woman reporter as the investigator
  • Readers interested in crime stories set around professional tennis and the US Open
  • Those who enjoy plots involving family tensions and a widening suspect list

Themes

Investigative reportingProfessional tennis and public attentionFamily estrangementSecrets and deception

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Book overview

An instant USA Today bestseller.

In a hard-hitting thriller from the author of Lights Out and Dangerous Play, reporter Kate Green courts danger once again when the famous subject of her next story is kidnapped during the US Open.

With a hard-won Emmy now gracing her mantel, sports reporter and former Olympian Kate Green turns her energy to the action unfolding in Flushing Meadows. Working on a feature for her weekly TV show, she spotlights two of today's biggest female tennis stars: the sunny up-and-comer and the brash veteran. But the project goes sideways when one turns up missing.

Following an interview with Kate, one player receives a sinister text with a disturbing photo of the other woman, bound and gagged. Kate calls on her estranged father, an NYPD detective, for help in launching a search. Although wary he's hiding something, she's not sure where else to turn.

Their investigation leads to the victim's hometown--and a growing list of suspects. The kidnapper threatens to spill secrets that could destroy lives. Tangled up in a deadly web of deceit, Kate races to connect the dots and find the missing player...before it's too late.

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