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When a Cape Cod summer turns deadly, every room holds a clue.

A coming-of-age mystery where baseball ambition, building science, and hard-won justice collide.

Jon Megquire arrives on Cape Cod fresh from college, carrying the hopes of a young ballplayer determined to earn his way toward the majors. Between games in the Cape Cod Baseball League and his summer work as a contractor’s helper, Jon expects to learn about competition, craftsmanship, and the next stage of his life.Instead, a mansion on the water draws him into a dangerous puzzle. As accusations fall on his boss, Jon begins to see how a home’s design, air, and mechanical systems can be manipulated with deadly results. The closer he gets to the truth, the more he must risk—and the more he understands about loyalty, love, responsibility, and adulthood.Death at the Edge of the Diamond is for readers who enjoy atmospheric mysteries, baseball stories, Cape Cod settings, and plots where technical knowledge becomes part of the suspense.

Paul H. Raymer has spent more than forty years studying how homes and buildings work. His experience researching indoor air quality for the EPA, teaching building science, and helping develop energy and safety standards informs this novel’s distinctive blend of mystery and technical intrigue. He is also the author of another published novel and can be found at paulhraymer.com.

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Discover Paul H. Raymer’s Cape Cod mystery, where summer baseball, a waterfront mansion, building science, and murder collide.

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