Reviews + Articles
Jim Hanvey, Detective by Octavus Roy Cohen
Readers sometimes ask for mysteries without murder. Octavus Roy Cohen’s Jim Hanvey, Detective, fits the bill. The seven stories in the collection, first published in 1923, feature Jim Hanvey, who investigates con men and thieves. The stories originally...
Gone by Morning by Michele Weinstat Miller
Michele Weinstat Miller’s debut crime novel, Gone by Morning, was good enough that I gave it a starred review in my journal review. It has such a great twist as the ending. Just perfect. But, it’s a difficult book to summarize because there are multiple...
Winners & A Bookish Giveaway
This week, the books from the last contest are going west. Autumn T. from Portland, OR won Her Dark Lies. Renee G. from Valleyford, WA will receive Gathering Dark. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I”m giving away mysteries set in the book...
What Are You Reading?
90s and humid this week, so I’m tucked up at home reading in the evenings. I have a few books to read yet on deadline, so I’m reading something really light and fluffy. What about you? What are you reading this week? And, how are you doing? I have two...
Joyce Yarrow, Guest Author
2020 and 2021 have been horrendous years for creatives – authors, musicians, actors. I can’t help the last two groups, but I offered authors the opportunity to write a post for Lesa’s Book Critiques. I hope you’ll join me in welcoming them...
Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay
I remember when Jenn McKinlay said her first couple attempts at writing romances didn’t go well. She switched to mysteries because she continually killed off people in her romances. She’s proven she can write sparkling contemporary romances, as shown in...