Lesa's Book Critiques
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Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride by Lorenzo Carcaterra
In conversation, I've said to a few friends that there haven't been a lot of mysteries that stood out to me this year. Lorenzo Carcaterra remedied that with his quiet mystery, Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride. He takes readers to Ischia, an island in the...
The Lost by Jeffrey B. Burton
Mace Reid, Officer Kippy Gumm, and, best of all, Mace's cadaver dogs, are all back in the third book in the series, The Lost. While Mace's HRD, human remains detection dogs, especially Vira, are brilliant, and Kippy is streetwise and has flashes of inspiration, Mace...
A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder by Dianne Freeman
I remembered how much I enjoy Dianne Freeman's Countess of Harleigh mystery series when I felt bad for Lady Frances and George Hazelton when I read that her mother had been staying with her for four months before her wedding. Frances' family is nothing but trouble...
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
Sometimes, a traditional mystery from the British Library Crime Classics series is perfect in troubled times. E.C.R. Lorac's Fell Murder, set in Lunsedale, just south of the Lake District in England, introduces Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard. Yes, it's a...
DreadfulWater by Thomas King
It was a short story that led me to Thomas King's DreadfulWater series, and, after reading the first book in the series, DreadfulWater, I've already ordered the second one. Although Thumps DreadfulWater is no longer a homicide detective, he's caught up in a murder...
Winners and A Give Me a “P” Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The Shadow of Memory will go to Elisabeth W. from Pearland, TX. Carol V. of Lake Stevens, WA won Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, it's a Give Me a...
