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The Case Of The Pitcher's Pendant [A Billibub Baddings Mystery] (2008)

by Tee Morris(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1896944795 (ISBN13: 9781896944791)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Dragon Moon Press

series

Billibub Baddings

review 1: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. Billi is a Dwarf from Acryonis who got sucked into a portal and ended up in 1930’s Chicago and is making the best of it by working as a private eye. When the depression hits, to make ends meet, he also works as Waldorf, the Protector of Munchkinland, entertaining the wealthy. When the manager for the Chicago Cubs hires him to unofficially investigate a new team, due to the suspicious outstanding record of wins by the Baltimore Mariners, Billi gets drawn into a case involving baseball, murder, robbery, and the use of magic. I thought the story was very entertaining, with Billi’s “girl Friday” Miranda and a variety of his friends and acquaintances, including Alphonse Capone, assisting him along the way.
review 2: The Case ... moreof the Pitcher's Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery by Tee Morris is a book I've been looking forward to for quite some time. It's the sequel to Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword, a podcast that I listened to and was completely captivated by last year. Imagine, as the author himself said (or words to this effect), Mike Hammer if it had been written by Tolkien, or was that Lord of the Rings filtered through Mickey Spillane. Anyway, you have a dwarf plucked out of your typical fantasy world and dropped into Chicago in the Roaring Twenties. It seems that along with him came the very talismans, magical artifacts of great power, that he had been seeking to destroy.In the first novel Billi recounted what took him on the path of the private investigator and how he learned to get along in our world. Top that off with tracking down a magic sword while facing off against Al "Scarface" Capone and bedding a beautiful socialite and perhaps it becomes evident as to why I enjoyed it so much. When I heard that a second book was coming out I constantly bugged the man about a street date. Finally it happened, a few weeks ago I received it and read it as rapidly and yet as slowly as I could, torn between devouring it and wanting to savor it.Pitcher's Pendant opens after the stock market crash that started the Great Depression. Times are tough for everyone and it's no different for Billi. Making ends meet requires appearances in a munchkin get up, straight out of the Wizard of Oz, and during one such performance he overhears a conversation that piques his interest. Then Billi gets a dream job with the Chicago Cubs. He's asked to investigate the Mariners, a new team that's good, too good. When it turns out the new job and the conversation may have some people in common, things get interesting and fists and bullets fly.The characters in this novel are great fun. The fantasy elements add seasoning to what would be just a great nod to the noire detectives of the past. I turned pages laughing, guessing, gaping, and just in general having a fantastic time. Unfortunately the whole thing went by more than just a little too fast. If you enjoy fantasy or Spillane-esque fiction then give this a try. It may not sound like the two things work together, but I assure you they do. Now, when's that third book coming out Morris? less

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