Tyler Marcotte

For more than twenty years, a serial killer has traveled from city to city, leaving behind a trail of victims that no investigator has ever been able to explain. The only constant is minor league baseball. When veteran first baseman Daniel Mercer becomes the center of a sweeping FBI investigation, Special Agent Emma Lawson believes she has finally found the missing piece. Daniel has spent his entire career moving from town to town, quietly earning the trust of teammates, groundskeepers, clubhouse attendants, bus drivers, and the countless people who keep baseball alive behind the scenes.
But the deeper Emma digs, the more impossible the case becomes. Every clue points toward Daniel-yet every discovery also suggests he may be exactly the man everyone believes him to be. As forgotten scorebooks, hidden patterns, and decades-old routines begin to reveal their secrets, Emma uncovers a world where ordinary moments can hide extraordinary truths. To solve the mystery, she must look beyond the players on the field and into the lives of the overlooked people who make the game possible.
Set against the unique backdrop of minor league baseball, The People Behind the Scorebook is a psychological thriller about trust, perception, and the hidden connections that exist in every community. As the investigation races toward its conclusion, Emma must determine whether she is closing in on a brilliant killer-or destroying the life of an innocent man. Some stories are written on the scoreboard.
The most important ones are written by the people behind it.