Knopf, 16.95 (251pp) ISBN 978-8-3 Sports and mystery get equal play in sportswriter and adult author Feinstein's ( A Season. His prize A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. LAST SHOT: A Final Four Mystery John Feinstein.

The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting. Danny Jordan is one of two lucky winners of the US Basketball Writers Associations contest for aspiring journalists.

Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one. “You’ll feel as if you have a courtside seat at the SuperDome. “Score! That’s exactly what author John Feinstein does with this mystery.” -Dallas Morning News He writes as if he’s having a fine time at the keyboard, and the result will entertain not only young readers, but the oldsters looking over their shoulders as well.” -Boston Globe This book draws on recent deconstructions around the idea of femininity. Remarkably, Feinstein pokes holes in the illusions without diminishing the excitement of the games themselves as seen through the eyes of two eighth-grade reporters. In the skillful hands of John Feinstein, The Legends Club captures an era in. The blackmailing plot that unfolds over the course of Final Four weekend threatens a student-athlete who isn’t a student, implicates an ethics professor with no ethics, and otherwise introduces to young readers the sleaze beneath the glitter of college basketball’s biggest show. Exceptionally knowledgeable about the college basketball world, Feinstein has a fine time lampooning broadcaster Dick Vitale and the bureaucrats who populate the NCAA itself. Danny Jordan is one of two lucky winners of the US Basketball Writers Associations contest for aspiring journalists.

The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting. “ Last Shot is a brisk novel set in the madness of the NCAA’s Final Four. Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one.

Last Shot by John Feinstein