A Wicked Slice, by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins

Retrieved from: my library
0312030037, 1989
Suggested by: The Author List
My Ratings: 9 Merit, 8 Interest, 7 Fun

Not the usual, this is about golf, of all things. And no "Skeleton Doctor" to be found. The 'detective' is a hopeful amateur-almost-professional golfer trying to break in and earn enough prize money to actually pay her way on the tour.

In the midst of trying to figure out why her shots are suddenly slicing, she finds that one of her clubs has been switched with that of the leading pro. The major problem with that detail is that the pro was just discovered at the bottom of one of the water hazards with her head bashed in with the selfsame club.

A pretty workmanlike plot, driven by an amateur detective who is out to clear her own name. Somehow she manages not to be the obvious suspect, and somehow she figures out who the killer actually is and isn't killed herself.

I like the character, but not enough to read (or want) anymore about her.