Lesa's Book Critiques
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Vicki Delany, Guest Author
With Vicki Delany's busy writing schedule, we're lucky she had the time to write a piece for us. I know how popular her books are, and I jumped at the chance to introduce her new series. Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a...
Death in Castle Dark by Veronica Bond
Another reader commented that they weren't sure Veronica Bond could sustain a series with the Dinner and a Murder Mystery theme. I'm not sure either, but I found the first in the series, Death in Castle Dark, to be a fun, engaging book with a charming amateur sleuth....
Caroline Todd, RIP
Yesterday, author Charles Todd announced the death of his mother, Caroline Todd. Caroline was the other half of the mother-son writing team who wrote the Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford mysteries. Here was Charles Todd's announcement on Facebook. "It is with a heavy...
Summer by the Sea by Jenny Hale
Sometimes, a summer romance works beautifully as a palate cleanser. Jenny Hale writes romantic women's fiction. Summer by the Sea might work for readers who are missing Dorothea Benton Frank. Hale takes readers on a nostalgic visit to the Outer Banks of North Carolina...
Winners and a Thriller Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Pam M. from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska won Fatal Family Ties. Jessica K. From Owego, NY will receive A Distant Grave. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I"m going away thrillers...
What Are You Reading?
Let's hope WordPress does a better job this week with formatting of the site than they did last week. I'm glad all of you stepped up anyways, and still read and submitted comments even though the blog was giving all of us a hard time. Thank you! Hot here, in the 90s...
