Lesa's Book Critiques
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Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Good Day for Chardonnay
Of course, I'm on deadline. It happens every month. Kevin Tipple's reviews sent several of you to pick up the books he recommended, so I asked him to step in with another review. This one is A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones. Thank you, Kevin! A Good Day For...
Jane Austen’s Lost Letters by Jane K. Cleland
Jane Austen's Lost Letters is the fourteenth Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery by Jane K. Cleland. I've read all of them, beginning with Consigned to Death in 2006. I introduced my sisters to the series because the combination of Josie Prescott's personal life, her...
Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg
While I thought Bone Canyon, the second Eve Ronin novel was terrific, I'll admit Gated Prey dragged for me. This isn't the fault of author Lee Goldberg. Eve Ronin and her partner, Duncan Pavone, investigate two messy cases, and I really only found one of them...
Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza
While I liked Darkness Falls, a Kate Marshall thriller by Robert Bryndza, I know there are two words connected to this book that are trigger warnings for some readers. If you can't or don't read books with serial killers, this one isn't for you. If you like novels...
How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn
Cynthia Kuhn launches a new series with How to Book a Murder, the first Starlit Bookshop Mystery. Readers who enjoy cozy mysteries featuring bookstores might want to check this one out. Although Emma Starrs just finished her PhD, she turns down a tenure-tracked...
From Ladle to Grave by Amy Patricia Meade
When I had a few quibbles about the first Tish Tarragon mystery, Cookin' the Books, I never thought the author Amy Patricia Meade would go on to write such interesting mysteries in the series. The fourth book, The Curse of the Cherry Pie, was an enjoyable mystery that...
