Murder in the Ball Park vs When the Sacred Ginmill Closes: Which Should You Read?

Murder in the Ball Park Robert Goldsborough · 2014 ★★★★☆ 3.9 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Moderate

A killer hiding among the crowd at a Dodgers-Giants game forces Nero Wolfe to step up to the plate in this "superb" mystery (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the…

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes Lawrence Block · 1986 ★★★★☆ 3.9 261 pages · ≈ 4 h 50 m · Moderate

In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away -- and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing…