A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor

June 22, 2021

I loved Sarah Stewart Taylor’s first Maggie D’Arcy novel, The Mountains Wild. It was one of my favorite books of 2020. It was atmospheric with a strong sense of place, set in both Ireland and Long Island. The second book, A Distant Grave, has more of a...

John McMahon, Guest Author

June 21, 2021

John McMahon is the author of three books featuring P.T. Marsh, a police detective in Mason Falls, Georgia. The first one, The Good Detective, was nominated for Edgar and Thriller Awards for Best First Novel. He followed that with The Evil Men Do, and now, A Good...

Happiness is a Book

June 20, 2021

While I firmly believe “Happiness is a Book”, it’s also the name of a blog by one of my friends, Aubrey Hamilton. I think many of you will enjoy the discoveries you can find on her site, https://happinessisabook.com/. Aubrey tends to read many more...

Have You Heard? French Pressed by Cleo Coyle

June 19, 2021

I have four books to read and review this weekend. I thought I’d be ahead of the game this month, but I didn’t read one word when I was home in Ohio. No complaints. I’m not complaining about the wonderful time I had with family. But, I am going to...

What Are You Reading?

June 17, 2021

Will anything make you feel as if you dropped in for Thursdays at Lesa’s more than a family photo? Thank you to all of you for picking up the slack last week, and for wishing me safe travels. I went home to northcentral Ohio for one of those landmark birthdays...

An Empty Grave by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

June 16, 2021

A year or two ago, my sister suggested I try a mystery about a PI who was a former Ohio State quarterback. She hadn’t read any of Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ books, but she saw a synopsis on a list of Ohio authors. I finally had a chance to read the seventh in...