Lesa's Book Critiques
Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on MysteriesRecent Posts
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Silence of the Loons
While I was reading a story collection by some of Britain's foremost mystery authors, Kevin Tipple shared a collection by "Minnesota's Premiere Mystery Writers", The Silence of the Loons. The book came out quite a while ago, so it's about time we talked about it....
Craig Johnson at The Poisoned Pen
Most of you know I'm the blogger for The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona. I write my blog,, which is totally different from the blog I write for The Pen. And, they have over 200 authors visit the bookstore every year, both in person and virtually. So,...
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday! And, while you're all still reading, next week we're going to do What Are You Reading? on Wednesday. Some of us will be traveling, others cooking, and others just busy on Thursday. I'm sure I'll be around in the morning, so if you happen to forget...
The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard
Last Thursday, I mentioned I had slowed down while reading Alex Howard's The Ghost Cat. Even when I finished, my opinion didn't change. While I enjoyed the early years of Grimalkin, the cat from Edinburgh, I didn't enjoy the second half of Grimalkin's lives. By...
The Mirror by Nora Roberts
If you're one of the many readers that loved Inheritance, the first in Nora Roberts' Lost Brides Trilogy, you're going to fall right into the second book, The Mirror. Since I'm a fan of Roberts' trilogies, I was caught up in this one right from the beginning....
Murder in the Ranks by Kristi Jones
In her debut mystery, Kristi Jones takes us to a World War II theater we seldom read about, Algiers in North Africa. Set in 1943, Murder in the Ranks introduces Dorothy (Dottie) Lincoln, a squad leader in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The women are glorified...
