The Philly Fake

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 8, 2015

Review

Part of the "Baseball Mysteries" series in which each mystery is set in a different ballpark/baseball city in MLB. This is book nine and features friends Mike and Kate who are visiting Philadelphia and who have ticket to three Phillies home games vs. the Mets. They meet the mascot, the Philly Fanatic, as well as a historic impersonator, Ben Franklin. A little US history is interlaced with a baseball mystery: how are all of the Philly's bats breaking or, more importantly, who is causing this to happen? The answer was obvious, and the perpetrator's motive was a bit weak, but it was an engaging read for fans of mysteries and baseball and I could see this having high circulation. I am interested enough to purchase the other titles in the series. The "Dugout Notes" at the end gave a little more information about the ballpark and were a nice touch.

Overall Book Score: good