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Hardball
(Audio, 2009)
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Author: Sara Paretsky
What initially seemed like a simple case--simple because she figured there would be no way she could...
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Format: Audio
ISBN-10: 1423319915
ISBN-13: 9781423319917
Sep 2009
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Unabridged
V. I. Warshawski
Language: English |
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Synopsis
What initially seemed like a simple case--simple because she figured there would be no way she could actually find a man who'd been missing for 40 years--leads Chicago detective V. I. Warshawski into a gnarly net of dark secrets, shady cover-ups, and racially charged mysteries. Her revered cop-father's reputation comes into question, as Vic uncovers a series of connected acts of violence going all the way back to a MLK rally in 1967. And seemingly disconnected threads--including a murdered nun, this long-missing man, and a distant cousin who pops up out of nowhere and then as quickly disappears again--gradually wind their way together. Despite the uncomfortable truths she's digging up, Vic stalwartly pursues the truth behind these many mysteries in this addition to Sara Paretsky's popular series.
| Details | | Series: | V. I. Warshawski |
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Nuanced, well-realized characters and an intricately braided plot mark another stellar performance from a storyteller as dedicated to entertainment as to exposing humankind's treachery and greed." (starred review)
(07/01/2009)
"Bestseller Paretsky tracks the poisonous residue of racial hatred that still seeps into Chicago life and politics in her fine 13th novel to feature gutsy PI V. I. "Vic" Warshawski...."
(07/13/2009)
"A tormented, many-layered tale....Readers who persevere through...[the] first-half flashback will be rewarded with the tremendous momentum of the second half."
(08/01/2009)
"The thing about Sara Paretsky is, she's tough....Unlike many popular crime writers, Paretsky doesn't turn out books like com battery hen...so it's a distinct pleasure to hear her unapologetically strident voice once again."
(09/20/2009)
"With its vivid setting, intelligent heroine and sharp, clear look at contemporary life, this is another winner." (Top Pick)
(10/01/2009)
"This is an ambitious novel layered in the grit of recent American racial history....In HARDBALL -- a standout, nuanced mystery about civil rights struggles past and present -- V.I. demonstrates, once again, that when push comes to shove, the scrappiest street fighters are from Chicago."
(09/28/2009)
"For Paretsky, as with so many other first-rate mystery writers, the past is a fertile field of old wrongs clamoring for redress, of long-buried secrets and lies that when skillfully poked will rise to the surface usefully, available for writerly attention."
(10/22/2009)
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