Lesa's Book Critiques
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Crooks by Lou Berney
Lou Berney has won various crime fiction awards for his novels The Long and Faraway Gone, November Road, Dark Ride and Double Barrel Bluff. Those books have nothing in common except the author, his imagination, and his skill in telling an engrossing story. Now, he...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Lonesome Place for Murder by Nolan Chase
Well, I blew that. I fully intended to have one of my reviews here today, and I finished a book. However, when I finished it, I discovered the book isn't released until October 7. I don't mind posting a review slightly before release day, but a month early is too...
The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
I certainly haven't read all of Agatha Christie's work, but, in all of the books I've read, my favorite character remains Harley Quin, featured in her collection of short stories, The Mysterious Mr. Quin. Each story in the edition I read is introduced by the title...
Recap – The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
There are several reasons you're getting the recap of 2020's debut of The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I read 67 pages of a novel with one of the most malevolent characters I ever read. She was manipulative and just horrific, and I couldn't handle it...
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman was delightful. It's filled with chapter headings and quotes from Agatha Christie novels. I loved Tory Van Dyne and her friends. Most of all I loved Agatha Christie and eleven-year-old Maired Butler. Tory...
What Are You Reading?
I have to share a picture from my visit last week to my Mom's. This apple fritter is from House of Donuts in Huron, and it really is the size of my head. Mom and I split it. We each had a quarter of it for breakfast, and a quarter for dinner. Friday morning we went...
