Lesa's Book Critiques
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A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor
I’ll admit Sarah Stewart Taylor’s atmospheric depiction of Ireland stole my heart in her first Maggie D’arcy mystery, The Mountains Wild. Now, the fourth in the series, A Stolen Child, is a solid police procedural with plot twists to keep the...
Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg, author of the Eve Ronin novels, takes us back to the same area of California for Malibu Burning, a fast-paced, sometimes humorous story of a con man on a collision course with an arson investigator and his new partner. October is fire season in...
“Missing in the Snow” by Ann Cleeves
Here’s something a little different, a Shetland Short Story by Ann Cleeves. “Missing in the Snow” brings Jimmy Perez back to the Shetlands at Tosh’s request. She wants his help in finding a missing author, a man who disappeared from the...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Snakebit by Paul Doiron
When Kevin Tipple sent the review of Paul Doiron’s Snakebit, he said, “While they bill it as a short story, it’s really a novella.” If you’re a fan of Doiron’s Mike Bowditch books, you might want to look for this one. It’s...
Winners and An Historical Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Melanie E. from Glendale, AZ won Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Debra F. from Land O Lakes, Florida will receive Drowning. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away two...
What Are You Reading?
Weather seems so applicable today. I went from reading a Christmas mystery set in Scotland to a Halloween mystery set in Vermont, with the appropriate weather for both settings and seasons. And, both books are due out in October, but I’m going to only discuss...
