Lesa's Book Critiques
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Murder in an Italian Village by Michael Falco
Michael Falco kicks off his Bria Bartolucci cozy mystery series with Murder in an Italian Village. Readers who enjoyed Lorenzo Carcaterra’s Nonna Maria mysteries might enjoy this one. Just a warning, though, that there’s quite a number of Italian...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Lost Mountain Pass by Larry D. Sweazy
I read quickly, but not that quickly. I need to add one of Kevin R. Tipple’s reviews here and there. Thank you, Kevin. And, for those who don’t know Larry D. Sweazy’s writing, Kevin is right. Sweazy doesn’t write a bad book. Lost Mountain...
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Are you ready for cats who are management, and dolphins who want to unionize? I love John Scalzi’s imagination, and Starter Villain is a joy from start to finish. Most people would look at Charlie Fitzer and see a loser. At thirty-two, he’s divorced,...
Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel
Well, two admissions here. We all know I didn’t take much time to read in the last week. The second admission is that I seldom read graphic novels because I have a hard time with the graphics and print. Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express:...
What Are You Reading?
And, I’m now in Ohio! Mom and my sister, Christie, came down yesterday, and helped me unpack, just as they helped me pack last week. I appreciated every minute of their time, including their driving time. Now, though, they had just over two hours to get here...
Dark Ride by Lou Berney
It’s been five years since Lou Berney’s last novel, the multi-award-winning November Road. But, in Dark Ride, Berney’s themes are once again children in jeopardy and the unexpected anti-hero. Hardy “Hardly” Reed is a weed-smoking, lost...
