Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
I know those of you in California are okay. I hope the rest of you are safe and warm in the midst of snow and ice, electrical outages and even tornadoes. It hasn't been an easy week and a half. Our library was closed for two days last week because of ice. We've been...
Symphony Road by Gabriel Valjan
Gabriel Valjan's first Shane Cleary mystery, Dirty Old Town, impressed me. He took an idealistic ex-cop turned PI, put him in Boston where he struggles to make a living while dealing with cops who hate him for his integrity and his willingness to testify against a bad...
S.J. Bennett & The Windsor Knot
Virtual Event: S.J. Bennett in conversation with Lesa Holstine WHEN: March 8, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (3 PM ET) WHERE:Virtual Event, Poisoned Pen's Facebook page. (You do not have to have a Facebook account to watch the event. You can get to it through the Events...
Have You Heard? – Donna Andrews’ The Hen of the Baskervilles
Sandie Herron never knows when I'm going to use one of her reviews. I spent yesterday reading a book for review for Library Journal, so it was the perfect time to use this audiobook review. Thanks, Sandie. Check out the review of Donna Andrews' audiobook, The Hen of...
A Lady’s guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins
While I enjoyed Manda Collins' A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem, what she refers to as a combination of historical suspense and romance, I have to agree with Anne, a reader who commented earlier. I'm not going to blame the author, but someone at the publishing...
A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd
I like Charles Todd's Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries more than I do the Bess Crawford ones. However, I was disappointed in A Fatal Lie, the latest in the series. Chief Superintendent Markham of Scotland Yard is not happy with Rutledge, so he assigns him a case in...
