Basketball Mystery

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes The Mystery of the Stolen Sword, The Basketball Mystery, and The Movie Star Mystery.

Melody is certain that her new basketball coach, Mr. O'Grady, is a leprechaun. Bailey School Elementary's new gym teacher is short, and Irish, and carries a bag filled with special stones. Soon, Melody and the other children are keeping an eye on him. When will they get lucky and catch a leprechaun?

Danny Jordan is one of two lucky winners of the US Basketball Writer's Association's contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It's a basketball junkie's dream come true! But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court.

Tim decides to spend a week with his grandparents in the inner city of Providence, Rhode Island. His friends suggest this might not be a good decision, but he goes anyway with the idea he can spend his time playing basketball at the court in the Cranston Street Projects. He is befriended by Marcus, the best basketball player in the projects. But Marcus and his sister are in danger from Pele, the drug dealer on Cranston Street.

During March of each year, 70 million people fill out the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament bracket, either in national contests or office pools. The goal is to predict all the winners for a tournament of 68 teams. The odds against perfection are astronomical. A small group of social media marketers, led by mathematician Sinclair Dane, see this annual quest as an under-appreciated opportunity to make money on sports betting. For a $2 entry fee, they offer one billion dollars for anyone who can predict the winners of all the games.

Debbie Carter arbeitet als Bardame im "Coachlight Club" in Ada, Oklahoma. Sie ist beliebt bei den Gästen. Auch der ehemalige Baseballprofi Ron Williamson sitzt oft bei ihr an der Bar. Eines Morgens wird die junge Frau erwürgt in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden. Ron Williamson wird der Tat bezichtigt und zum Tode verurteilt. Er verbringt elf Jahre in der Todeszelle. Kurz vor der Hinrichtung zeigt eine DNA-Analyse, dass Williamson die Tat nicht begangen hat. Er wird freigesprochen. Der wahre Täter, damaliger Hauptbelastungszeuge der Anklage, wird kurz darauf verhaftet.