Lesa's Book Critiques
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My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi
I can see why Masateru Konishi's My Grandfather, the Master Detective was a bestseller in Japan. It's filled with mystery, short tales, suggestions of romance, and evil. The author, and the translator, Louise Heal Kawai, lovingly portray the relationship between a...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I've had a quiet week. It's been windy here, but I still took a walk and sat on my patio one day. Other than that, I've been reading. I do have a busy weekend coming up. Linda's son and granddaughter are coming in, so my Mom and Christie will come...
Last One Out by Jane Harper
I've read several of Jane Harper's books, and Last One Out is my favorite of the ones I read. It's heartbreaking, as her novels tend to be. It's atmospheric, set in New South Wales, with vivid descriptions of a dying rural community. It's bleak and stark, and...
Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell
When I read Paranormal Payback a couple weeks ago, it included a story set in Arcadia Falls by Isla Jewell (Delilah S. Dawson). I enjoyed "A Midsummer Night's Scheming", and didn't even realize at the time that I had Books & Bewitchment at home from the...
Long Weekend
Sometimes, after I finish a good book (The Monk), I have a hard timely settling into the next book, no matter how good it is. Yesterday was one of those days. Nothing fit my mood, and I didn't have a mystery I really wanted to read. I do have some fantasies, so...
The Monk by Tim Sullivan
I bought all the DS George Cross books that had been published by last year before they were released in the U.S. I see Tim Sullivan has a new one coming out this summer. My edition of the fifth in the series, The Monk, is the older edition, but it's just been...
