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…

Coben, Harlan - Fade Away - VG

3^rd in series - Good characters, enjoyable series

Grippando, James - Informant - Sold

Okay-Serial killer, you know who half way through-characters uninvolving…

Coben, Harlan - Fade Away - VG

3^rd in series - Good characters, enjoyable series

Grippando, James - Informant - Sold

Okay-Serial killer, you know who half way through-characters uninvolving…

Beaton, M.C. - Death of a Nag - NR

Definitely the weakest of the series – 11^th in series

Buchanan, Edna - Margin of Error - G

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

Boyle, Gerry - Potshot - VG

4^th in series - Like this series

Clark, Mary Higgins - Pretend You Don't See Her - Ok

17^th book - Not as good as the last…

Burke, Jan - Hocus - Ex

1997 HM – 5^th in series - Her books get better and better

Ford, G.M. - Bum's Rush - VG

3^rd in series - A very good series…

Barnes, Linda-Cold Case-G-7^th in Carolotta Carlysle series - Liked her earlier books better

Boyle, Gerry-Lifeline -VG-3^rd in series - I like this series - Maine…