Winning Can Be Murder — Bill Crider

FIRST DOWN FORA KILLER

It's been a while since Sheriff Dan Rhodes's football days, but things haven't really changed, at least not with state play-offs coming up and excitement for the local high school team heating to a fever pitch.

But coach Brady Meredith is found shot to death in his car, and his murder leads to troublesome rumors concerning illegal betting, black market steroids and the sheriff's old nemesis, a biker named Rapper, who has reappeared in Blacklin County. Too many coincidences for Rhodes's comfort.

Especially when another corpse makes it a second down for a killer determined to lead Sheriff Rhodes into a game of sudden death.