We Should Not Be Friends by Will Schwalbe

February 22, 2023

Will Schwalbe, the author of The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living, now turns his attention to an unlikely friendship. Schwalbe, who thought he had all the friends he needed in college, all the literary geeks and lesbians and gay men like him, found...

Murder at an Irish Bakery by Carlene O’Connor

February 21, 2023

The ninth in Carlene O’Connor’s Irish Village mystery series, Murder at an Irish Bakery, is my favorite in the series. There are several reasons. First, I didn’t feel overwhelmed by all of the members of Garda Siobhan O’Sullivan’s family....

Death in Irish Accents by Catie Murphy

February 20, 2023

I haven’t read all of the Dublin Driver mysteries, but I think I’ve read enough. Like Megan Malone’s girlfriend, Jelena, in Death in Irish Accents, the fourth investigation in as many books was enough for me. It’s no wonder people are calling...

Have You Heard? – Desolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger

February 19, 2023

If you follow this blog closely, you know Sandie Herron worked her way through William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Conner series. Fortunately for all of us, she shares the reviews of the audiobooks. Today, it’s Desolation Mountain. Desolation...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Dogtown: A Willie Black Mystery

February 18, 2023

It’s always fun to post a review for a book that you normally wouldn’t see at Lesa’s Book Critiques. Thank you to Kevin Tipple for his review of Howard Owen’s Dogtown. I have long been a fan of the Willie Black series that started with Oregon...