Mike Lupica

In the wake of his parents' separation, Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his younger brother Ben is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.

When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.

"Zach and Zoe find their recess football deflated from a hole near the laces, and set off in search of clues to discover how it happened"--

Travel team: After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory. The big field: When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was...

"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date" --

Ben McBain is the best player on his football team. He can play nearly any position and when the time comes for the big play to win it, he always pulls through. But there's one position on the team Ben isn't allowed to play, quarterback, because that spot goes to Shawn O'Brien, the coach's son. As the team starts to struggle, Ben must decide if he should try to help Shawn become a better player, or make a play for the position at the cost of a friendship....

"When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim--the man had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. But otherwise, Jesse has no clue as to the man's identity. He isn't a local, nor does he have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching the man's description. Their single lead is from a taxi company that recalls...