Sayonara Slam: A Mas Arai Mystery -- Naomi Hirahara

from mrmapcase

Prejudices, suspicions, old cover ups, and baseball, all in one package. Mas is an elderly gardener, who just wants to enjoy life with his friends a family, gets dragged into a murder investigation through the son of a friend of his from Japan. It was enjoyable to read on how on how Mas tries to ...

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The World Baseball Classic has come to Dodger Stadium, and Mas Arai is excited about the upcoming match between Japan and Korea. He's on hand early and witnesses a reporter drop dead at a press conference. Mas has no desire to get involved in the investigation until a friend's grandson hires hi...

from Stahl-Ricco

A good book, about baseball, family, and history! I loved all the Dodger references - Scully, Nomo, Valenzuela, etc. and as a life long Dodgers fan, that's a sure quick way into my heart! Loved this quote, at the end of chapter 7, "...while Vin Scully was more melodious, a wind instrument made fr...

from AntT

I started a Hirahara book last year or the year before and had a difficult time staying interested, so didn't pick up another one. However, I made another try with this new one after I requested and received an Early Reviewer copy of Sayonara Slam. It grabbed and held my interest-and I spent the ...

from Carolee888

This is the fifth book in this series and I really wished that I had started with the first in the series instead. I was very excited by the beginning of this book but later on, I started to get lost, I couldn't remember the characters except for Mas and I am must be honest, I have never been a b...