A Deadly Edition by VicToria Gilbert

January 10, 2021

When I read last year’s Blue Ridge Library mystery by Victoria Gilbert, I had a few issues with the book. The fifth book in the series, A Deadly Edition, made this reader happy that I gave the series one more try. My biggest problem with the previous book is...

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

January 09, 2021

In 2017, before Kenneth Branagh’s version of “Murder on the Orient Express”, I reread that book. That’s the last time I read one of Agatha Christie’s mysteries until I saw a discussion on Twitter of A Murder is Announced. That’s...

What Are You Reading?

January 07, 2021

There might be a more important question today than “What are you reading?” How are you feeling, or how are you doing? I don’t remember a time when I was so ashamed to be an American. My sister did two internships in Washington, D.C., one with our...

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....