The Setup Man

A Novel

By: T. T. Monday

Narrated by: Bruce Thomas

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

“May Johnny Adcock’s careers as a relief pitcher and sleuth motor on for a very long time."--David Baldacci

“A throwback Southern California mystery in modern pinstripes . . . A treat for readers of mystery or baseball novels.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS

Johnny Adcock is an aging Major League pitcher with the perfect retirement plan—he moonlights as a private investigator. Major League Baseball, as it turns out, is a prime source of employment for a philosophically inclined, discreet detective who has both the brains and the brawn to handle the unique problems of professional athletes. Those infamous baseball salaries attract gangsters, hustlers, and predators of every persuasion who prey on the outsized egos of primetime stars. When players, coaches, agents, or wives have a problem they can’t make public, they call Johnny Adcock.

On the team bus after a game, teammate Frankie Herrera confides in Adcock that he has a “problem with his wife.” What sounds like the standard story of a pro athlete’s marriage gone sour quickly turns into the most dangerous case of Adcock’s second career when Frankie is killed in a car accident, leaving far too many questions unanswered.

The investigation takes Adcock into uncharted territory, drawing him into a deadly ring of murder, porn, Mexican cartels, and a conspiracy that threatens to become the biggest scandal to hit baseball since HGH and steroids.

A new heavy hitter on the thriller scene, T. T. Monday takes listeners inside a rich and highly entertaining world where crime and baseball intersect and delivers a debut that moves like a 96-mile-an-hour fastball.

©2014 T.T. Monday (P)2014 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"The Setup Man teems with sex, violence — and baseball....[T.T.] Monday has pitched readers a dandy tale. He deserves promotion to the starting rotation of thriller writers."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A Home Run! What else can you call the funny, riveting, absolutely first-rate debut by T.T. Monday about a professional baseball player who moonlights as a private investigator? I loved this book and its hero, Johnny Adcock. (Note to reader: I'm not even a baseball fan.)”--Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Betrayal and The Prince of Risk

“I'm a sucker for baseball fiction. I'm a sucker for private detective fiction. That makes me a double sucker for The Setup Man by T.T. Monday. I was more than happy to ride shotgun with Johnny Adcock as he battled Mexican drug lords, surrendered dingers to steroid-muscled designated hitters and described everything with a sense of humor even in the midst of great physical or emotional pain. Much fun, much fun, much fun.”--Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam, and Ted Williams

Great book until the end

My friend gave me this book to read, but got the audio book because I'm not much of a reader. Bruce Thomas has a great voice. Just didn't like the end of the book.