Reviews + Articles
Margie Bunting’s Favorite Reads of 2020
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 regular here at...
Fatal Divisions by Claire Booth
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...
What Waits for You by Joseph Schneider
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. Tully...
Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton
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 read in a book....
Bloodline by Jess Lourey
Jess Lourey takes readers back to Lilydale, Minnesota, the setting of Unspeakable Things in Bloodline, a creepy novel that reminded me of a combination of The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby. Horror fans might want to pick up this one. When reporter Joan Harken...
February Treasures in My Closet
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 about February,...