Description
Louis stumbled into the sunlight, his breath shallow and his bell rung. He wobbled down half a block of empty street before stopping to vomit. The heated barrel of his Beretta stung the small of his back like a fresh tattoo, a stamp of no return.
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Louis Meneses is having quite the summer. First, someone frames his brother for the murder of a mobbed-up fight promoter. Next, the ten-year-old son Louis has never met arrives in the company of a former East German spy.
Now Louis must get to know his son while dodging the pistol whips, bullets, and car bombs that come with trying to prove his brother’s innocence. The old spy insists on helping with the case and displays an unnerving penchant for escalation. The owners of a local soup restaurant may want Louis dead.
That same soup restaurant sponsors Louis’s son’s Little League team, the one Louis now coaches. The players don’t respect his authority—or much of anything. They treat practices like roasts and get ejected from games. Louis’s son thinks they’re great.
Soup Boys is the story of one man’s struggle to solve a murder, save his family, and win a few Little League games—if he can stay alive. From the underworld to the baseball field, the (body) bags are loaded and heat is high and tight. Play ball!
Read an excerpt of the little league team’s season-opening doubleheader here.
Also available on Amazon.
Book comes with this custom bookmark designed by J.O. Applegate:
