Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners and Series Debuts
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Reserved for Murder goes to Alicia K. from Stacyville, IA. Deadly Delights will head to Jane T. from West Linn, OR. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm doing something I seldom do. I'm giving...
What Are You Reading?
Well, here in my world, it's been a much better week. But, I'm not sure about yours, with all that rain in the West and a Northeaster in the East. How are you doing? And, what are you reading this week? I'm a fourth of the way through The Mysterious Bookshop presents...
Terrie Farley Moran – An Interview
Terrie Farley Moran has been a cozy mystery writer for quite a while. She's also written with author Laura Childs. But, it's her current co-writer who may be most familiar to many of you. Terrie is co-author of the Jessica Fletcher mysteries. She took the time to...
Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest is known as a writer of horror, steampunk, and science fiction, including the Locus Award-winning novel Boneshaker. When she set out to write a mystery, she wrote a witty one set in Seattle, featuring a great cast of characters. Two thumbs up for Grave...
Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray
Full disclosure. I did the cover reveal for Amita Murray's Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death. I've known about the book since Agora Press/Polis Books was negotiating for the American rights to it. It was described to me as a macabre cozy, and even the description...
Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer
All these years after his wonderful first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Jeffrey Archer is still one of the best storytellers in the business. The fourth book in the William Warwick series wasn't quite what I expected, And, I'm going to say right upfront,...
