Lesa's Book Critiques
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A Perfect Match by Jill McGown
Since several of you recommended Jill McGown's Lloyd and Hill police procedural series, I decided to give it a chance. A Perfect Match is the first book in McGown's series, and her debut novel. When Chris Woods shows up at Donald and Helen Mitchell's house early in...
Lin-Manuel Miranda: the Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner isn't what I normally expect in a biography. It's Miranda's origin story, the story of the development of his creativity. As I've said before, it's never easy to review a biography. How do you...
What Are You Reading?
I've had lazy days lately when I really only needed to do basic household tasks and read. It's been great. We've had just a few days with rain, and we could certainly use more. I did go to Gramercy Books, an independent bookstore, on Monday. They have a new...
“the Hunter” by Tim Sullivan
For those of you reading Tim Sullivan's DS Cross series, "The Hunter" is a short story in what the author is calling "The Cross Chronicles". If you sign up for Sullivan's newsletter, https://timsullivan.co.uk/sign-up/, you get a new short story every six months....
The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
Janice Hallett has created her own crime fiction niche, beginning with The Appeal. She continues in that slot with her latest book, The Killer Question. If you're unfamiliar with her books, she uses letters, texts, emails, phone calls, pub reviews, and in this one,...
Earl Grave Tea by Gretchen Rue
I've been reading cozy mysteries for so long that the cover artists have retired. Mary Ann Lasher was an outstanding cover artist, but Adrian DKC did an excellent job with Gretchen Rue's latest mystery, Earl Grave Tea. Then, there's what happens with some of my...
