Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Dying Light by Ann Cleeves
It was the Shetland books and Jimmy Perez that first introduced me to Ann Cleeves, but I stayed for the Vera Stanhope mysteries, and now the Detective Matthew Venn ones. The Dying Light is the latest Matthew Venn police procedural, with an unexpected twist at the end....
Cleveland Area Trip
Linda and I went up to Mom's on Wednesday because we were heading on a family adventure on Thursday with Mom and our sister Christie. We all love history, and Christie has been interested in the presidents since she was little. On Thursday, we headed to the James A....
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday, everyone! I'll have time to be online this morning, and then later in the afternoon or early evening. Linda and I drove up to Mom's yesterday. Today, the three of us, and my sister, Christie, are heading to Mentor, Ohio. We all have an interest in...
The Bone Woman by Paige Shelton
If I'm reading Paige Shelton's notes in her Acknowledgments correctly, The Bone Woman is the first in a new series set in a desert community in southeastern Arizona. It's not a surprise. Shelton does an excellent job creating weird small towns and unusual, independent...
Miss Wolcott’s Ghost by Louise Penny
It's been six years since I liked one of Louise Penny's books as much as I liked Miss Wolcott's Ghost. Maybe I'm too picky. All the Devil's Are Here, the 2020 release, was my favorite of her books. The new novel is filled with heart, little-known history, and the...
