Hardball

Hardball by Jimmy Sangster

The third novel in the rip-roaring, wildly inventive James Reed series of hard-boiled crime novels set against the backdrop of sunny Southern California.

These days, ex-London cop James Reed makes his living renting out the the main house of the Malibu beach property he got in his divorce from a big-name actress. He’s taking it easy when, to make some fast cash, he agrees to provide temporary lodging and security to a wealthy recluse recovering from an undisclosed illness. That simple job takes a wild turn into a nightmare of blackmail, drug dealing, and murder that could put James in prison or a shallow grave.


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Reviews For Hardball

Hardball 5.0

Excellently plotted and paced, this adventure offers the satisfaction of a hard-boiled L.A. detective story overlaid with the nuances of a British mystery. Sangster constructs an intricate problem and lets his intelligent, complex hero loose to solve it.

Publishers Weekly

Hardball 5.0

More action-thriller than mystery, the action, from hand-to-hand combat to nautical chases, is steady.

Kirkus Reviews