Offside. A Mystery
(2014)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : William P. Barrett, 2014
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780997674521 (electronic bk.) MWT14694569, 0997674520 (electronic bk.) 14694569
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In 2006, amid the great real estate bubble, Rick Hermannik, an adult referee of youth soccer, is found murdered in a ritzy Los Angeles suburb, his whistle left in an unnatural place. Suspicion quickly falls upon volunteer coach Diego Diaz, a one-time gang member whose hot Latino rant over an offside call pops up on YouTube. The media eagerly pursue the delicious story line of out-of-control soccer parents. Case closed-until the boyfriend of Diaz's grown daughter, Hector Rivera, a former high school soccer star but now a college dropout in a dead-end job, tries to figure out the truth, and himself
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