Lesa's Book Critiques
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Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hard Rain is the sequel. Allen brings back Annie McIntyre, waitress turned apprentice in her grandfather’s private detective agency. These novels, set in a small Texas town,...
Winners and a Historical Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Melanie A. from Minneapolis, MN won Four Charming Spells. Heather H. from Drexel Hill, PA will receive Witch Way Out. The books are going out today. This week, I’m giving away historical mysteries. The White...
What Are You Reading?
It was gorgeous weather here this week, 70s and 80s, sunshine. Just perfect. But, as I’m writing this late Wednesday afternoon, the winds, rain and cooler temperatures are supposed to come in tonight. Oh, well. If I had a magic wand, it would always be sunny...
Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson
I have a new addiction, Janet Dawson’s Jeri Howard PI novels. Kindred Crimes is the first in the series, winner of the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First PI contest. The book came out in 1990, and went on to be nominated for...
The Things We Keep by Janet Dawson
Janet Dawson’s The Things We Keep is the kind of private investigator novel I’m always hoping to read. I don’t know why I missed the first in the series, Kindred Crimes, when it came out in 1990. It won the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye...
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane’s last novel, Since We Fell, came out in 2017. He smashes that silence with Small Mercies, the most powerful novel I’ve read since S.A. Cosby’s Razorblade Tears. In fact, any book group that chooses to pair these two unforgettable...
