{"product_id":"9781453290279","title":"Five O'Clock Lightning: A Novel About Baseball, Politics, and Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eA onetime baseball catcher confronts the murder of a McCarthyist politician at Yankee Stadium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1953 America, McCarthyism is everywhere. Congressman Rex Harwood Simmons is among the leaders who single-mindedly hunt down suspected Communists; he even claims that Communism has infiltrated America’s favorite pastime. But while watching a Yankee game one afternoon, he becomes a target. As the crowd cheers for a homerun, Simmons is shot dead in his seat.           The task of solving the crime falls to onetime ballplayer and Korean War veteran Russ Garrett, who collaborates with “Vicious Aloysius” Murphy, a Bronx homicide detective. The investigation won’t be easy, since there are plenty of people with a motive to plug Simmons. Several clues point to a blacklisted intellectual—but he was driven to suicide years ago. And as Garrett hunts for the killer, a new conspiracy comes to light: a plot to murder Yankee star Mickey Mantle.","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128740462832,"sku":"9781453290279","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453290279_p0.jpg?v=1769907206","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453290279","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}