Ace mystery writer - and libertarian -- Troy Soos is the author of the highly acclaimed Mickey Rawlings historical baseball mysteries.

The six Mickey Rawlings books (Soos is hard at work on number seven now) have been praised by top reviewers including Publishers Weekly, the New York Times, Booklist, USA Today Baseball Weekly, and many, many more.

The latest in the series is Hanging Curve (Sept. 1999). Set in 1922, the novel focuses largely on Negro League baseball and the resurgent Ku Klux Klan, as Rawlings investigates the lynching of a Negro League pitcher.

According to Booklist, "The sixth Mickey Rawlings mystery is the strongest in the series. Soos delivers a richly atmospheric journey through time with Rawlings serving as an engaging guide."

The other Mickey Rawlings books are Murder at Fenway Park, Murder at Ebbets Field, Murder at Wrigley Field, Hunting a Detroit Tiger, and The Cincinnati Red Stalkings.

Soos is a baseball lover who originally wanted to be a baseball player, but while in Little League he discovered he "had the baseball skills of Agatha Christie." So he set out to find other ways to be involved with baseball, including a two-year professional umpiring career He describes writing the Mickey Rawlings mysteries as a fun way of combining three of his interests: baseball history, American social history, and mystery novels.

Soos is also author of the nonfiction book Before the Curse, an illustrated history of early New England baseball. A member of Mystery Writers of America, he has toured throughout the country, frequently speaks at libraries and bookstores, and has made a number of television and radio appearances.

Soos says he's considered himself a libertarian for over 20 years. 

Originally appeared in Liberator Online July 11, 2000.

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