Troy Soos is a writer based in Winter Park, Florida

Winter Park, Florida

Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,090 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 28,083. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. In his professional life he is a physicist and a well-regarded teacher at a public school. Soos is best known for his "Mickey Rawlings" series of baseball mystery novels. Rawlings, an up and coming baseball player living in the early part of the 20th century, is known as a defender of human rights. The name of his character comes from the Rawlings

Rawlings (company)

Rawlings is a sports equipment manufacturing company in the United States. It was founded in 1887. The parent company is Jarden, Inc. Rawlings specializes in baseball equipment, but also manufactures softball, basketball, training equipment and American footballs...

 baseball glove manufacturer.

List of works

In chronological order, the Mickey Rawlings novels are:

1. Murder at Fenway Park (1994)
2. Murder at Ebbets Field (1995)
3. Murder at Wrigley Field (1996)
4. Hunting a Detroit Tiger (1997)
5. The Cincinnati Red Stalkings (1998)
6. Hanging Curve
   Hanging Curve
   Hanging Curve is the sixth novel in the Mickey Rawlings baseball mystery series written by Troy Soos. It is set in Saint Louis, Missouri.- Characters :Major:* Mickey Rawlings, utility infielder for the St...
   
   (1999)

In addition to his Mickey Rawlings series of baseball novels, he has written the following:
"Marshall Webb and Rebecca Davies" series of novels:

1. Island of Tears (2001)
2. The Gilded Cage (2002)
3. Burning Bridges (2004)
4. Streets of Fire (2008)

Non-Fiction

• Before the Curse: The Glory Days of New England Baseball, 1858-1918 (1997 & 2007)