OFFSIDE: A Mystery

by William P. Barrett

Overview

In 2006, amid the great real estate bubble, Rick Hermannik, an adult referee of youth soccer, is found murdered in a ritzy Los Angeles suburb, his whistle left in an unnatural place. Suspicion
quickly falls upon volunteer coach Diego Diaz, a one-time gang member whose hot Latino rant over an offside call pops up on YouTube. The media eagerly pursue the delicious story line of out-of-
control soccer parents. Case closed–until the boyfriend of Diaz's grown daughter, Hector Rivera, a former high school soccer star but now a college dropout in a dead-end job, tries to figure out the
truth, and himself.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158531194
Publisher:	William P. Barrett
Publication date:	10/24/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	699 KB

About the Author

WILLIAM P. BARRETT has worked over four decades as an award-winning journalist
across the country and abroad for prominent newspapers and magazines. In
chronicling a wide cross-section of the human condition, he started by covering cops,
courts and local government, then became a feature writer, state reporter, foreign
correspondent, national correspondent writing about very small places with very
big problems, business reporter and columnist. His investigative
writings have exposed financial shenanigans and sent miscreants
to prison. A New Jersey native, he is a lawyer by education. On
weekends he has refereed youth soccer in the West, including
Southern California, for 19 years. This is his first book. Barrett now
lives in Las Vegas. Learn more at www.williampbarrett.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Witty and frank ... Barrett paints a true landscape of the SoCal scene and he does so with such brutal finesse."

LivinLaVidaLatina.com - Celia Celia

"A unique blend of soccer history, Los Angeles culture and murder mystery ... I enjoyed reading this book."

The Socal Soccer Mom Blog - Lisa Lissa