Never Out of the Game

4/5 ( ratings)

No matter how badly you want the truth.
No matter how prepared you think you are for the truth.
The truth may be too hard to bear, and the resulting consequences, begs the question–did the ends justify the means?

College baseball coach Clay Stoppa felt a sense of jubilation tempered by cautious optimism as he stumbled upon the first legitimate lead into the horrific cold case that ripped his family apart. Culminating in the cathedral called Yankee Stadium during game seven of the World Series, Never Out of the Game is an unforgettable psychological thriller about hometown heroes, vengeance, and redemption.
For the last thirteen years, Clay has been obsessed with identifying his wife’s shooter. Now, with his marriage to Kate crumbling, Clay makes a desperate final attempt to find the assailant. Returning to the scene of the crime one last time, Clay is reacquainted with Rebecca, another victim from that horrific day. Fragile and broken, Rebecca is convinced to return home with Clay for what is meant to be a short rehabilitative visit with Kate. However, circumstances soon change and her stay is extended. And while her helpful ways temper Clay and Kate’s issues at home, they are oblivious to Rebecca concealing a haunting secret of her own.
Clay’s search draws him to a depressing industrial town and home to one of the greatest major-league pitchers. But beneath a thin exterior of homegrown pride lies a dark secret that most thought was sealed forever—an epic quest of greed on the part of a dominating father who will stop at nothing to vault his son to stardom, including viciously snuffing out a promising young pitcher named Franklin whose God-given talent left him with a target on his back. But prey soon turns to predator as Franklin vows to exact revenge on the people—and the game—that once held the key to his future.
As Clay stumbles upon the ugly truth behind his wife’s shooting, he’s forced to own up to the fact that his personal quest for redemption might have stirred up even more misery for those closest to him. How many more people will have to suffer as Franklin extracts his revenge?
With artful suspense and sometimes-brutal action sequences, Never Out of the Game weaves together parallel story lines as the mystery unfolds.