Mini-Reviews - May 1998

[LJ Roberts]

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

Ford, GM - Slow Burn - Ex 1998 HM – 4^th in series - A definite "don't inturrupt me"
book

Grafton, Sue - "N" is for Noose - G Not a bad Millhouse, but she's not Muller

Grant, Linda - Vampire Bytes - Ok POV changes from 1st to 3rd, never felt connected with the characters

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Bloody Bones - VG 5^th in series - Faries, trolls, but nasty creatures

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Burnt Offerings - VG 7^th in series - I've really enjoyed these

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Circus of the Damned - VG 3^rd
in series - Fun series

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Guilty Pleasures - VG 1^st
in series - Vampires, Zombies, etc, all done as a standard mystery

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Killing Dance - VG 6^th in series - This is a "don't talk to
me" series

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Laughing Corpse - VG 2^nd in series - I liked it - Animator who sleeps
with stuffed penguins

Hamilton, Laurell K. - Lunatic Cafe - VG 4^th in series - I like this series

Kennett, Shirley - Fire Cracker* - Sold Didn't finish - author has a fixation with genitalia

Rankin, Ian - Mortal Causes - G Realistic character, not always likable, very well writeen

Robb, J.D. (aka Nora Roberts) - Holiday in Death - G 7^th in series - A good series, sex and suspense

Roe, Caroline - Remedy for Treason - Sold Spain 1300's - not my thing

Stryker, Dev - End Game - G Serial murders, chess game

Tepper, Sheri S. - Family Tree - Sold Fantasy - parallel stories, didn't finish