Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle
Jack Shepard is back! Let's face it. While the blurb says "Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost team up", many of us who read Cleo Coyle's Haunted Bookshop mysteries love Jack, the ghost of a private investigator killed in 1949 on the site of...
City of Dark Corners by Jon Talton
I loved Jon Talton's standalone, City of Dark Corners. Before you jump to get it at your local library or bookstore, though, you need to know it's set in Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun in 1933. I lived in the Valley for 8 1/2 years, and I recognize the streets and...
Thirty-One Bones by Morgan Cry
Maybe it's my dark sense of humor, but Mother's Day seems an appropriate day to post the review of a book in which a dead mother leaves behind a mess for her estranged daughter. Gordon Brown, writing as Morgan Cry, takes readers to Spain's Costa Blanca in the crime...
The Company by Sally Spencer
Sally Spencer made an interesting narration choice in The Company. Part of the book covers the police investigation of a car "accident", while one of the survivors, a man who was hospitalized with mental problems, is responsible for other aspects of the story. Maybe...
Winners and an Underwater Florida Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Mark B. from Santa Clarita, CA won The Lucky One. Turn to Stone is going to Linda L. from Louisville, KY. The books are going out today. This week, I'm giving away books dealing with underwater crime in Florida. In...
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday! I'm not sure how much I'll be around during the day today. Library Journal's Day of Dialog is today. They have a terrific schedule of virtual panels featuring authors who have books coming out in the late summer and fall. I'm moderating the Mystery...
