Margie Bunting’s Favorite Reads of 2020

January 06, 2021

It’s the perfect day for me to turn the blog post over to Margie Bunting. Today is the 16th anniversary of Lesa’s Book Critiques. My first post was on Jan. 6, 2005. Oh, I’ll stop by to read the comments, But, Margie Bunting, a friend, writer, and...

Fatal Divisions by Claire Booth

January 05, 2021

Fatal Divisions is Claire Booth’s fourth Hank Worth mystery featuring the sheriff of Branson County, Missouri. I love these kind of small-town or community police procedurals. It reminds me of Steven Havill’s Posadas County mysteries. This one finds Sheriff Worth and...

What Waits for You by Joseph Schneider

January 04, 2021

I really liked Joseph Schneider’s debut crime novel, One Day You’ll Burn. It was a little grittier than the books I normally read, but I liked LAPD Homicide Detective Tully Jarsdel. The sophomore effort, though, What Waits for You, was an effort to read....

Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton

January 03, 2021

I thought Laura McHugh’s The Wolf Wants In was a dark, grim book. Chris Harding Thornton’s debut, Pickard County Atlas, has that beat. The story, set in north-central Nebraska, has a foreboding atmosphere, and one of the most disturbing endings I’ve...

February Treasures in My Closet

January 01, 2021

Let’s kick of 2021 by looking ahead. When we did this in 2020, I know none of us knew what was going to happen that year. Let’s hope for more positive things in this new year, although 2020 did bring a number of good books. Since I’m already talking...