"As a fan of baseball, quality suspense writing, and the work of April Smith, I loved BE THE ONE -- it has an ingenious plot, a gripping pace and winning characters. It's really a fine book."
--Scott Turow

"No one can think about baseball all the time. So when you take time off from that this summer, savor this fine, complex, fast-paced novel about a hard-living female scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, a talented Dominican prospect, and lots of skullduggery."
-- George F. Will

"Peopled with characters as perfectly rendered as a hundred mile an hour fastball, BE THE ONE is a brilliant, original crime novel. As the web of deceptions, lies, and threats increased, I could not stop turning the pages. April Smith has hit this one out of the park."
-- Robert Crais, author of Demolition Angel and L.A. Requiem

"BE THE ONE is wonderfully told, powerfully exciting, and entirely engrossing."
-- Robert B. Parker, author of Hugger Mugger and Hush Money

"April Smith writes wonderfully well, with vivid images and a captivating rhythm. Both Cassidy Sanderson and her world are engaging and unique."
-- Richard North Patterson, author of Dark Lady and No Safe Place

"This book has everything: sex, drugs, and baseball. The non-stop action proves that Smith's success with North of Montana was no fluke."
-- Sara Paretsky

"Who would think to put baseball, voodoo, drug dealing former Dominican generals and capitalist corruption together into a neat, taut thriller? The answer is April Smith, whose book, Be the One, not only blends those elements seamlessly but adds to the mix a sexy, athletic, adventurous, mistake-prone female protagonist named Cassidy Sanderson, who is one of the better things to happen to the thriller genre since Peter Hoeg gave us Smilla of the sense of snow."
-- Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
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