The Drowning Icecube is a parody of the revered Ross Macdonald and features the private detective Hugh Larcher. Ed Gorgon is a baseball umpire who doubles as an amateur detective in The Mother's Day Doubleheader. Rachel Hemmings, who has appeared in two of Breen's novels, combines murder with A Piece of the Auction. And another sports-related figure -- racetrack announcer Jerry Brogan -- practices his detection skills in Jerry Brogan and the Kilkenny...