Wicked Games

I really enjoyed reading Ellen Hart's book Wicked Games she has is an excellent mystery author. I read the book for a project in my school and actually I read the book and with my suprise I really liked it . I really like the chachter Jane Lawless she shows to me what a real women is she has power and courage to face anything head on.All the chachters really have Wicked Games up there sleeves and that make sher book such an excellent book to read.I suggest this book to anyone who enjoys reading a good mystey book.

With this book and the next two that follow it, Ellen Hart has established herself as the lesbian Sue Grafton! I not only found the book suspenseful, I found it unpredictable. I highly recommend it. Of course, you may want to purchase Hunting the Witch, so you have it on hand as soon as you are done with this one!

Wicked Games, reintroduces us to Jane Lawless - fabulous cook, restaurant owner, and very unofficial private eye. Jane's life in Minnesota is moving along quite nicely. Her restaurant is very successful, she has found happiness, albeit in a rather long-distance relationship, with a woman named Julia. But Jane's life changes dramatically and violently following the arrival of a young man who rents out the third floor of Jane's old home. As the novel progresses, we learn that this young man, along with many other characters in the novel, has a troubled past and many secrets to hide.The level of suspense that moves Wicked Games is just right. It keeps you reading - you won't want to put this book down - but it's not a draining because the book operates on more levels than simply a suspenseful story. Aside from the violence and suspense at the heart of the story is the relationship between Jane and Julia which becomes a source of tension and conflict in the novel. And characters like the zany Cordelia keep us laughing even as we sit on the edge of our seats.Wicked Games is a great addition to the Jane Lawless series, and a great introduction to Jane Lawless for those who haven't read Hart's previous novels. Gay and lesbian fiction fans are rewarded with superb writing and a fabulous heroine. Fans of general mystery and suspense novels are likewise rewarded.

Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless rents her third floor apartment to Elliot Beauman, a writer who claims to be a psychic. Elliot has recently told the newspapers about his visions of brutal murders. Moving next door is Elliot's sister Patricia, who goes out of her way to become Jane's friend. However, Jane is soon contacted by the parents of Patricia's deceased fiancé. They feel their son was murdered, though the official report is suicide. Jane begins to worry about her boarder and his sibling when she learns that years ago their older brother was paralyzed after a fall in what is now Jane's house. Jane begins to investigate the twosome even as buried bones of a dead girl are uncovered in her backyard. Multi-award winning Ellen Hart has written an enjoyable amateur sleuth tale that will thrill fans of the Lawless series and the sub-genre. The story line is chilling, but in a serene way (sort of like the movie THE BURBS without the humor). J! ane remains an interesting character, but readers will be disappointed that her personal life problems (including troubles with her lesbian lover) from previous books have not been moved forward. They will still take extreme pleasure from this absorbing novel.Harriet Klausner