Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Match by Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben brings back some of my favorite characters from The Boy from the Woods, Wilde, attorney Hester Crimstein, and Hester's grandson, Matthew, in The Match, a disturbing novel that takes on social media. Wilde, found in the woods thirty years earlier, is still...
The Red Canoe by Wayne Johnson
Bleak, Melancholy. Depressing at times. Brutal. But, let's face it. So many Indigenous people don't have a great deal of hope or opportunities. And, we don't always treat them kindly. That's an understatement in Wayne Johnson's moving book, The Red Canoe. Buck went to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Beneath the Depths
I'm on my way to Columbus, Ohio, today, and then New York City tomorrow. I've waited three years for this trip. So, Kevin Tipple, Sandie Herron, and I will share review duties this week. I have a few of my new reviews ready to go, but I'll be including several from...
Strip for Murder by Dolores Hitchens
Strip for Murder is a reprint of Dolores Hitchens' novel published in 1958 in Mercury Mystery Magazine. It's the kind of noir novel that Stark House Press specializes in republishing. This edition contains the novel, two additional short stories, a short biography of...
Winners and The Next Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Murder in Galway will go to Virginia D. from Tempe, AZ, and Jean U. from Burbank, CA. Carol M. from Gibsonburg, OH won Murder at an Irish Wedding. The books will go out in the mail today. Just a reminder. Because I'm...
What Are You Reading?
I'm going to start today's book chat with a quote from author Lisa Gardner. She was recently interviewed for "By the Book" in The New York Times Book Review. This comment is perfect for Thursdays. "The next best thing to reading a novel is getting to talk about it...
