Ted Lasso · Season 3, Episode 7, "The Strings That Bind Us"
Beard's Bill Walton mystery: Friend of the Devil
Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt)
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In The Strings That Bind Us, Beard reads a mystery novel starring the basketball broadcaster Bill Walton. Books, Beans and Botany says Will Kitman has it first, then Beard.
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Friend of the Devil
Friend of the Devil
James Kirkland · 2019 · novel
James Kirkland's 2019 novel has Walton solving crimes between broadcasts. The title is a Grateful Dead song, and Walton is the most famous Deadhead in sports. Beard is the only man in London who would read this on purpose.
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