Started: 3/16/08
Finished: 3/28/08
Year: 1997
Pages: 290
Genre: Mystery
Grade: B
Reason for reading: Grabbed it out of a TBR box
Blurb (from book jacket): "Jordan Myles is at the top of her game. A former world-class tennis champion now hosting her own TV show, she is also a partner at the exclusive Desert Springs Sports Science Clinic, working with the game's biggest up-and-comers. Her long-time relationship with Dr. Gus Laidlaw is getting serious, and marriage seems imminent. Things couldn't be better for Jordan-until many of her world-famous clients start suffering from sudden, mysterious collapses and one dies after falling off a cliff. Make way for Jordan Myles, amateur detective.
"In Martina Navratilova's third Jordan Mysles mystery, Jordan, along with her junk-food-junkie sidekick, Noel (the Fish) Fisher, discovers that the brutal competition of tennis is nothing compared to the dog-eat-dog world of product merchandising. A behind-the-scenes tale of turmoil, suspicion, and subterfuge that only a sports-industry insider like Martina Navratilova could write, Killer Instinct features an enthralling cast of characters, including an exotic young Dutch-Indonesian tennis sensation, Jasmine Li, and her one-name-wonder boyfriend, Malik, a transplanted star from the NBA dead set on becoming the first basketball player to win a Grand Slam.
"Killer Instinct reflects the captivating energy and masterful strategy of the world's most respected female sports champion-Martina Navratilova. Every tennis fan-and every every mystery fan-will love this page-turning grand slam of a novel."
Opinion: I have to say that I was impressed with this book. When some sport celebrities attempt to write a fictional novel, it just doesn't work. This one does. I enjoyed picking out the real tennis players' characteristics in some of the fictional characters.
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