Review of Sara Paretskys Hardball

I'm afraid Sara has fallen into the trap many fiction writers have. She has let too much of her come to play into the book.

We all know V.I. Warshawski was a little left leaning but, since the story lines have always been compelling, it's always worked well. Until now!

All of a sudden V.I. has gone from being a hard nosed, rough around the edges and always out for the little guy P.I. to a wimpy and more refined leftist.

In the first two hours of this Audiobook you find out she's anti- cop, anti-military, anti-white, pro-Obama, pro-socialist, pro-criminal who thinks that all African-Americans in jail are just misguided souls.

I've read all the books with V.I. as the protagonist and own the movie of the same name. By the way, the choice of Kathleen Turner as V.I. was an absolute genius pick. So I know what I'm talking about.

If you're a leftist, you will think this book is heaven, if you're a rightist, you'll want Paretsky arrested for littering but if you're down the middle you mind find this a boring read without much substance or plot.

You might want to consider the abridged version. It may be a better read, I don't see how it could be worse.