Sullivan's Law (Carolyn Sullivan Series #1) Book

I don't know if the problem is me or the books I've been choosing to read lately, but this one was another example of a story featuring a character I really did not like. I had every intention of reading this series featuring Carolyn Sullivan (a California probation officer), even locating and purchasing the first three books so I could go right from one to the next. However, I am not going to trouble myself with continuing past this book because it was all I could do to finish it. Between the unsympathetic heroine and her shortcomings as a parent, too much useless detail in some places vs. too little information in others, the cast of uninteresting peripheral characters and a far-fetched plot, there just wasn't much to like. The only thing that saved it from a one-star rating from me was an interesting and unconventional convicted killer whom, after the is-he-or-isn't-he-a-villain phase, provided some originality in this story.