{"product_id":"soccer-killer-mumtaz-hako-9798191774053","title":"Soccer Killer: A Soccer Crime Thriller of Murder, Match Fixing, and Corruption","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe goalkeeper refused to fix the match.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree weeks later, he was dead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePavle Doric is a professional goalkeeper who refuses to participate in a match-fixing scheme. He knows the request is corrupt, dangerous, and illegal. But saying no comes with a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone kills him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Inspector Anke Rusev takes the case, expecting a difficult murder investigation. What she finds instead is a trail leading deep into the world of professional soccer, where money, betting, corruption, and organized crime have become impossible to separate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe evidence doesn't point to an outsider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone inside the club is hiding something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccess records have been altered. People are lying. And Doric's final days suggest that his death was not random.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen team captain Draven Kaspar starts asking questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaspar discovers that Doric had been pressured to influence matches. Before he can expose what he knows, someone tries to silence him too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Anke realizes she isn't investigating one murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is uncovering a match-fixing operation that may have been running for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRusan Belev, the club's sporting director, knows more than he admits. Ilya Marek, a quiet records clerk, is connected to the conspiracy in ways that Anke cannot initially understand. And behind them stands Anton Draz, a powerful criminal figure whose influence reaches far beyond one football club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatches have been manipulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlayers have been pressured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficials have been compromised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetting money has been moved through hidden channels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd anyone who threatens the operation becomes a liability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Anke follows the evidence, the investigation expands from a single murder into a much larger criminal conspiracy involving professional soccer, illegal betting, money laundering, organized crime, and corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut bringing the truth to light will not be easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people protecting the operation have spent years making sure nobody talks. They have money, connections, and enough influence to make evidence disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they are willing to kill again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as the murder of a goalkeeper becomes a dangerous race to expose an entire system before it destroys everyone who gets too close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOCCER KILLER\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping soccer crime thriller combining murder, match fixing, police investigation, organized crime, illegal betting, corruption, and suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Soccer and football crime thrillers\u003cbr\u003e- Sports murder mysteries\u003cbr\u003e- Detective and police investigations\u003cbr\u003e- Match-fixing conspiracies\u003cbr\u003e- Illegal betting and gambling syndicates\u003cbr\u003e- Organized crime thrillers\u003cbr\u003e- Corruption inside professional sports\u003cbr\u003e- Suspenseful mysteries with multiple suspects\u003cbr\u003e- Stories where money, sport, and crime collide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy stories about the darker side of professional football, or books such as \u003ci\u003eThe Fix\u003c\/i\u003e by Declan Hill and football crime fiction such as \u003ci\u003eFatal Fix\u003c\/i\u003e by Graham Morse, \u003cb\u003eSOCCER KILLER\u003c\/b\u003e offers a fictional journey into a world where the final score can be worth far more than three points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goalkeeper refused to cooperate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe paid with his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Detective Anke Rusev has to find out who wanted him dead, who is protecting the people responsible, and how far the conspiracy really goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the match was only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSOCCER KILLER\u003c\/i\u003e is Book Two of \u003cb\u003eThe Sports Killer Series\u003c\/b\u003e, a series of standalone crime thrillers exploring the darker side of competitive sports, where ambition, money, corruption, and violence collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mumtaz Hako\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798191774053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Mumtaz Hako","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174505947391,"sku":"9798191774053","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soccer-killer-mumtaz-hako-9798191774053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}