Connelly, Michael - Angels Flight - G

Not one of his best

Fairweather, Lor i -Blood and Water - Sold-Ok

1st person POV-figured it out by page 62…

Dunbar, Tony - Shelter from the Storm - Sold

Plot took forever to get moving, no real solution, characters flat

Jance, J.A. - Breach of Duty - VG

JP Beaumont - a nice return with a good ending…

LJ's Top Reads of 1998

Aubert, Rosemary - Free Reign

Block, Lawrence - Everybody Dies

Buchanan, Edna - Pulse

Cobin, harlan - One False Move

Connelly, Michael - Blood Work

Ford, G.M. - Slow Burn

Gerriten, Tess - Bloodstream

Gerriten, Tess - Life Support

Lehane, Dennis - Gone Baby Gone

Muller, Marcia - While Other People Sleep

Parker, Robert B. - Trouble in Paradise

Perry, Anne - Brunswick Gardens

Rankin, Ian - The Hanging…

Bowen, Rhys - Evan Help Us - G

Enjoyable series

McDermid, Val - Mermaid Singing, The - VG

Very graphic, good twist, read more

Perry,…

Block, Lawrence - Everybody Dies - Ex

1998 Top Ten - His very best!!!

DeLoach, Nora - Mama Stalks the Past - Sold

Slow, not very interesting…

Dawson, Janet - Witness to Evil - Ok

Definitely the last of hers - more description than plot…

Barre, Richard - The Ghosts of Morning - G

But only good

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Blue Moon - Ex

I really enjoy this series…

Emerson, Earl - Catfish Cafe - Ok

Probably my last of his books

Gerritsen, Tess - Bloodstream - Ex

1998 HM - Grabs you at page 1…

Black, Ethan - Broken Hearts Club - Sold

ARC - villain twist revealed 1/2 way, spoils suspense, annoying style

Block, Lawrence - A Walk Among the Tombstones - VG

Extremely well done series…

Abrahams, Peter - Perfect Crime - Ex

ARC - suspenseful, few likeable characters but very well done

Aubert, Rosemary - Free Reign - Ex

1998 HM - wonderful twists and turns, depicts life of the homeless…

Chappell, Helen - Dead Duck - Sold

2^nd in series - Very light - not my style

D'Amato, Barbara - Good Cop, Bad Cop - Sold

What a disappointment-quit at page 73, didn't care about the characters…

Block, Lawrence - When the Sacred Ginmill Closes - VG

Very well done series

Borchardt, Alice - Silver Wolf - G

Anne Rice-ish but with less gruesomeness and sex…

Connelly, Michael - Blood Work - Ex

1998 Top Ten List - Excellent twist but not over the top

Diehl, William - Chameleon - Sold

Read 1/2 - still couldn't figure where the plot was going…

Block, Lawrence - Eight Million Ways to Die - Ok

5^th in series - Not as good as some of the others

Block, Lawrence - Stab in the Dark - VG

4^th in series -…

Block, Lawrence - In the Midst of Death - G

1^st in series - Really like the Matt Scudder books

Block, Lawrence - Out on the Cutting Edge - VG

7^th in series - MS - very good series…

LJ's Top Reads of 1997

Burke, Jan - Hocus

Connelly, Michael - The Poet

Connelly, Michael - Trunk Music

Crais, Robert - Indigo Slam

D'Amato, Barbara - Killer.app

Diehl, William - Reign in Hell

Dunning, John - Deadline

Ford, G.M. - Cast in Stone

Kiewski, Karen - Kat Scratch Fever

Lehane, Dennis - Sacred

Mayor, Archer - Bellows Falls

O'Connell, Carol - Stone Angel

Parker, Robert B. - Night Passage

Rozen, S.J. - No Colder…

Barre, Richard - Bearing Secrets - G

2^nd in series - Liked the character, but 60's radicals don't interest me

Block, Lawrence - Chip Harrison Scores Again - Sold

Young man obsessed with sex…

Coben, Harlan - Dropshot - G

2^nd in series - Like his books very much…

Block, Lawrence - Long-Line of Dead Men - VG

12^th Matt Scudder - More serious, good complex character

Block, Lawrence - Ticket to the Boneyard - VG

8^th Matt Scudder - very good series…

Block, Lawrence - Burglars Can't Be Choosers - G

1^st in series - Very enjoyable read-

Block, Lawrence - Man Who THOUGHT HE WAS Bogart - VG

7^th in series - Good humor and turn of phrase, classic parlor room…