Outfield Menace

By: Mark A. Roeder

Narrated by: Joseph M. Clarke

Outfield Menace is the tale of Kurt, a 15-year-old baseball player, living in a small, 1950s, Indiana town. During a confrontation with Angel, the resident bad boy of Blackford High School, Kurt attacks Angel, earning the wrath of the most dangerous gang in town. When Angel finally corners Kurt something happens that Kurt wouldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams.

As the murder of a local boy is uncovered, suspicion is cast upon Angel, but Kurt has learned there's more to Angel than his bad boy image. Angel has a secret, however, that could get both Kurt and himself killed. Outfield Menace is a story of friendship, love, adventure, and perilous danger.

©2003, 2012 Mark A. Roeder (P)2018 Mark A. Roeder

Home run

Mark struck a real home run with this one. Just slowly working my way through his stories, but this is my new favorite. I had real tears over various parts and I'm not normally the teary sort. Great story.

A good read

I need a part two to the story this story will get you hooked I need more it just left me hanging

Memories from my youth

I enjoyed this story, as I do most of Mark’s books. All of his books bring back many of the memories from my youth that I have gradually been losing over the past few years. I do find that some of gos characters act a bit selfish and childish, at times, then I remember that they are still just children and this usually makes me say to myself “ah, that makes sense.” For this particular audio book, though, remembering that these were still naive children was not as easy because of the Narrator sounding like a 50 year old smoker. I definitely could not express many of the emotions this gravely sounding narrator was able to convey, but I feel that he might be better suited narrating as Phil Marlowe or even a Stephen King horror story. Please understand that I did enjoy this story, but the narrator’s voice was a bit distracting when I was unable to separate it from the character in the story.

Very Believable

I loved the entire story. I found the characters very well developed and believable. The relationship between the two main characters was an interesting and heartfelt one. The author captured the attitudes of the time period very well. I cried for Kurt knowing his fears. The plot twists near the end were outstanding. I look forward to listening to the sequels to this book!

OMG mark please

just another so totally awesome story. made me laugh cry an just feel the actors in the story.
Jim Arrowsmith
Salt Lake City Utah
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