The Tomb That Ruth Built (A Mickey Rawlings Mystery)

“Rawlings turns double plays and solves murders with equal grace.” – Publishers Weekly

Mickey Rawlings is Back!
The Roaring Twenties: America is dancing to jazz, gangsters are selling bootleg liquor, and the New York Yankees are building a baseball dynasty. In 1923, Yankee Stadium opens and Babe Ruth is about to lead the team to its first world’s championship. But the promising season gets off to an ominous start when the body of a murdered bootlegger is found buried in the new ballpark. Utility infielder Mickey Rawlings, in his first year with the Yankees, is called to investigate and soon gets caught in the crossfire of rival gangsters. The Tomb That Ruth Built is the seventh in Troy Soos’s acclaimed Mickey Rawlings baseball mystery series.

“Troy Soos captures the period perfectly.” – Lawrence Ritter, author of The Glory of Their Times

Praise for Troy Soos and the Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mysteries:

“Baseball and mystery team up for a winner.” – USA Today (on Murder at Fenway Park)

“Full of life.” – New York Times (on Hanging Curve)

“An entertaining double play. . . The plot will appeal to mystery fans, baseball purists will appreciate Soos’s attention to detail.” – Orlando Sentinel (on Hunting a Detroit Tiger)

“Well-judged period background (including a winsome role for Casey Stengel) enlivens a solid mystery.” – Kirkus Reviews (on Murder at Ebbets Field)

“A richly atmospheric journey through time.” – Booklist

“Soos deftly weaves fictional characters with legends.” – Houston Chronicle

“Troy Soos does a red-letter job of mixing the mystery into a period when all baseball was played on fields that had real grass.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Tough and terrific.” – New York Daily News

“A perfect marriage between baseball and mystery fiction.” – Mystery Readers Journal

“You don’t have to be a baseball fan to love this marvelous historical series.” – Meritorious Mysteries

“Equal parts baseball and mystery are the perfect proportion.” – Robert B. Parker