Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
It’s been a good week here. I took a couple walks with my sister, Linda and her dog. We try out different trails in Columbus’ Metro Parks. Saturday morning, we braved the weather and went to an Apple Butter Day at a nearby town. They had lots of...
Paws to Remember by Sofie Kelly
I don’t get excited about very many cozy mysteries. But, Sofie Kelly’s Paws to Remember, the fifteenth in her Magical Cats series, features a librarian, her two magical cats, and a cold case. Cozies don’t get much better than this. It’s just...
Home at Night by Paula Munier
Paula Munier’s Mercy Carr mysteries just continue to get better. With the fifth one, Home at Night, Munier enters the world of gothic houses and Halloween settings. Of course, fans of the series will welcome the return of the dogs, Elvis and Susie Bear. But,...
Mistletoe and Murder by Connie Berry
Mistletoe and Murder is a novella in the Kate Hamilton series by Connie Berry. The author refers to it as book 4.5 in the series since it’s a novella. I enjoyed the story and the return to familiar characters. So, I’ll save my complaint for the end of...
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
In one weekend, I read two Christmas novellas that quoted Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Perhaps it’s appropriate that stories of people haunted by the past would quote from that story. It isn’t until part 2 of Peter Swanson’s The Christmas Guest...
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
While the blurb for Ritu Mukerji’s historical mystery, Murder by Degrees, suggested it was for readers of Jacqueline Winspear or Charles Todd, I thought of Maddie Day’s Quaker Midwife series. Both authors write about women in medical fields in the U.S....
