Last Shot A Final Four Mystery, John Feinstein
Last Shot A Final Four Mystery, John Feinstein
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Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

Author: John Feinstein

Narrator: John Feinstein

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/08/2005

Synopsis

Danny Jordan is one of two lucky winners of the US Basketball Writer's Association's contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It's a basketball junkie's dream come true!

But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. Danny and his fellow winner, Brigid-Ann Robinson, are nosing around the Superdome ad overhear what sounds like a threat to throw the championship game. Now they have just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of MSU's star players . . . and why.

About The Author

JOHN FEINSTEIN is the author of many bestselling sports books, including A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled. Feinstein worked for the Washington Post as both a political and sports reporter for more than ten years and continues to contribute articles. He is a regular commentator for National Public Radio and Sporting News Radio and an essayist for CBS Sports. He lives with his wife, son, and daughter in Bethesda, MD, and Shelter Island, NY.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lisa the Librarian on 2007-10-02 14:40:28

Not Danny, as above, Stevie. Anyway, Stevie and Susan Carol are 8th-grade sports writers who stumble onto a blackmailing scheme at the Final Four in New Orleans. An enjoyable read with interactions that feel authentic. Writing is clean by journalist Feinstein. Narration is enjoyable by the author.

Goodreads review by Josiah on May 29, 2020

The storytelling talents of John Feinstein, author of 1986's classic sports memoir A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers, translate well for the youth set. He knows how to structure a mystery with plot twists guaranteed to keep readers off balance. He writes intrigui......more

Goodreads review by Justin on September 22, 2015

I think this book was a very good book. It has a very good plot and there is never a moment where you want to put the book down. I would recommend this book to anybody who wants a sports book with a mystery twist and also a little bit of a romantic part in it. I would also recommend the other books......more

Goodreads review by Shalyn on March 15, 2017

In this book its about a boy name Stevie and a young girl name Susan Carol they are trying to find out who blank-mailed one of the basketball stars to lose the championship game. I like this book because i like it how they are trying to find someone who did a bad thing.......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on November 30, 2010

Dreams do Come True: Kids can be Adults Sometimes, Stevie Thomas read the letter once, and then twice, then a third time to be sure it was real. Then he started screaming. “Mom! Mom! Mom!” (3) As if something was wrong... This realistic fiction story, written by John Feinstein, takes place in the cit......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on September 30, 2019

I thought this book was amazing therefore I gave it 5 stars. Overall the book was very well put together you were always on the edge of your seat while reading this book. Final Shot: A Final Four mystery is about these two contest winners Susan Carol and Stevie Thomas, who get to go to the Final Fou......more

Quotes

“Last Shot is a brisk novel set in the madness of the NCAA’s Final Four. Exceptionally knowledgeable about the college basketball world, Feinstein has a fine time lampooning broadcaster Dick Vitale and the bureaucrats who populate the NCAA itself. The blackmailing plot that unfolds over the course of Final Four weekend threatens a student-athlete who isn’t a student, implicates an ethics professor with no ethics, and otherwise introduces to young readers the sleaze beneath the glitter of college basketball’s biggest show. Remarkably, Feinstein pokes holes in the illusions without diminishing the excitement of the games themselves as seen through the eyes of two eighth-grade reporters. He writes as if he’s having a fine time at the keyboard, and the result will entertain not only young readers, but the oldsters looking over their shoulders as well.” —Boston Globe

“Score! That’s exactly what author John Feinstein does with this mystery.”—Dallas Morning News

“You’ll feel as if you have a courtside seat at the SuperDome. Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one. The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting.” —Bookpage

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