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Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl by John Feinstein

Typically I only post about books I read during the summer, but after finishing Cover-Up, I wanted to recommend this book. Feinstein, author of Last Shot: Final Four Mystery, writes another book about Steve and Susan Carol, two teenage reporters. He uses his knowledge of sports, including what probably goes on behind the scenes, to create a mystery that these two young reporters solve. It is not an easy task, and it is not without danger.

The novel starts with Steve and Susan Carol as teenage reporters with their own television show on a station similar to ESPN. Both are super excited because they will spend a week covering the Super Bowl. Their parents are apprehensive because they’ve gotten into dangerous situations covering sporting events in the past, but let them go. Soon Steve is fired and replaced with a young music idol. Although Steve and Carol are not happy, they decide it is best for Carol to continue on the show. Steve is lucky enough to be able to cover the Super Bowl with Kellerher from the Washington Post and eventually CBS.

Even though the two are rivals, they begin working together when Steve finds out that players from one of the Super Bowl teams have tested positive for HGH (steroids). Once again the two are put in dangerous situations as they try to solve this mystery. The deadline looms as the Super Bowl is hours away.

This book is great reading for anyone who loves mysteries or sports. A little romance is even involved.