Lesa's Book Critiques
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Last Seen Wearing by Hillary Waugh
While I enjoyed Hillary Waugh's police procedural, Last Seen Wearing, I appreciated the introduction to the book even more. Leslie S. Klinger wrote the introduction and notes to this latest addition to the Library of Congress Crime Classics series. Klinger says this...
Winners and a 2020 Favorites Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Christopher S. from Eden, NY won Nothing Can Hurt You. Sharon B. from Albuquerque, NM will receive Somewhere in the Dark. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away copies of two of my...
Book Chat with Frederick Weisel
On Wednesday, Barbara Peters, owner of The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, and editor for Poisoned Pen Press, chatted with Frederick Weisel, author of the debut police procedural, The Silenced Women. I reviewed it here on Wednesday. Because I reviewed it for Library Journal,...
What Are You Reading?
Thursday, my favorite day of the week, thanks to all of you. How many of you are snowed in, and expecting more? I'm lucky. We're getting the cold from that polar vortex this weekend, but we haven't had much snow. I feel sorry for all of you in the east. You're lucky...
The Silenced Women by Frederick Weisel
The Silenced Women is Frederick Weisel's first Violent Crime Investigating Team mystery. It's a debut, a police procedural, and the first in a new series. Sold me! When a woman’s body is found in the largest park in Santa Rosa, California, it brings back all of...
Best Laid Plans by Gwen Florio
Gwen Florio debuts the Nora Best mystery series with Best Laid Plans. It features a woman over fifty as the protagonist. She tells the story, and I think readers will find themselves rooting for her. She’s not quite as confident as she pretends, but she “fakes it...
