Lesa's Book Critiques
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Murder at the Jubilee Rally by Terry Shames
Terry Shames' last Samuel Craddock mystery, A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary, came out in 2019. I couldn't be happier that Severn House picked up the series. Shames' latest, Murder at the Jubilee Rally, proves that neither she nor Craddock have missed a step...
Righteous Prey by John Sandford
If you're a John Sandford fan, is there anything better than a novel that unites Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers? Righteous Prey has all the witty comments and humor that only comes when two men work as a team. It's what I loved about Robert B Parker's books with...
The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle
Jack Shepard is back! Well, the rest of Cleo Coyle's cast is, too, but the ghost of Jack Shepard, the private detective killed on the site of a Rhode Island bookstore, is the biggest draw for me in Coyle's Haunted Bookshop mystery series. And, to be honest, Jack's...
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
Agatha Award-winning author Mia P. Manansala takes readers back to Shady Palms, Illinois for a third mystery filled will family crisis and drama in Blackmail and Bibingka. As in Manansala's previous mysteries, it's also filled with Filipino foods, customs, and, most...
Funeral Train by Laurie Loewenstein
When I reviewed Laurie Loewenstein's Death of a Rainmaker in 2018, I considered it one of the best books I read that year, and it went on Library Journal's Best Books list. Funeral Train, the sequel, is another atmospheric novel, although it doesn't seem to have quite...
A Crime Classics Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away two story collections of crime classics. The first book is Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories by John Creasey, writing as J.J. Marric. It's the first time all the short stories featuring Scotland Yard Detective George Gideon have...
