An Athletics Compendium

Adult Fiction L 23 - 35 Hamer, Malcolm 23 Predator. London: Litde, Brown, 1995. 476p ISBN: 0-316-87488-4 BL: Nov.1996/889 Dubious practices at management level ina number of sports, touching only briefly on athletics at the Olympic Games. Hamer, Mike 24 'Death games': the Olympic mbiydstery. Manchester: Rosewood, 1995. 312p; pbk (Manchester murder mysteries) Variant title: Olympihcello ISBN: 1 -8982 13-05-4 BL: H.96/2462 Manchester's bid for the Olympics is the themeof this crime novel; there are only slight references to athletics. Hastings,Phyllis 25 Naked runner. London: Hale, 1987. 173p ISBN: 0-7090-2888-1 BL: Nov.1987/1473 In an eighteenth-century setting, a shepherd boy becomes a runninfgootman. Healy, Jeremiah 26 Right to die. London: Macmillan, 1991. 243p ISBN: 0-333-56606-8 Crime novel in which a private eyeenters the Boston Marathon. Henry, Anne 27 The glory run. London: Harlequin, 1985. 253p; pbk ISBN: 0-373-16090-9 BL: H.86/367 Romantic novel about a Texas St1a5t0e0m champion who makes a comebackwhen she fallsin love with her coach. Hill, Reginald 28 Killing the lawyers. London: Collins Crime, 1997. 287p (A JoeSixsmith novel) ISBN: 0-00-232607-8 BL: Nov.1997/573 Incorporates a plot about attempts to make a runner throw a race. Hodges,Jo 29 The girl with brains in heferet. London: Virago, 1 998. 21 6p; pbk ISBN: 1-86049-565-6 The struggles of a blarcuknner. Hodges also wrtohte screenplay of the film. Holl, Tom 30 Olympiad: an historical novel. London: Little, Brown, 2000. xv, 368p; illus, 1 map ISBN: 0-316-85390-9 BL: Nov.2000/597 A comic historical novel providing a 'reliably false' account of the 8>th-century BO foundation of the Olympic Games. Inigo, Martin (pseudonym of Keith Miles) 31 Stone dead. London: Sphere, 1991. 244p; pbk ISBN: 0-7474-0204-3 BL: H.91/1562 The main character is a former Olympic distance runner, thoughthe novelis set mainliyn the worldof golf. 32 Touch play. London: Sphere, 1991. 229p; pbk ISBN: 0-7474-0203-5 BL: H.91/2992 Second novel featuring the formerOlympic distance runner, set mainlythine world oftennis. Johnson,Gillard 33 Raphael of the olive. London: Bennett, 1912. 355p BL: NN.815 Romantic novel set in 175-164BC, with the Olympic Games as background. Johnson,William O. 34 Hammered gold. London: W.H. Allen, 1983. 267p; pbk Originally published: New York:Pocket Books, 1982 ISBN: 0-352-31342-0 BL: H.83/1210 Thriller about a platno eliminate potential winners at the1964 Olympics. Keegan,Alex 35 Cuckoo. London: Headline, 1994. 41Op ISBN: 0-7472-1107-8 BL: Nov.1994/1957 First of a series set in Brighton and featuring detective athlete Caz Flood. [ 159 ]