Lesa's Book Critiques
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Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons by James Lovegrove
James Lovegrove is the author of new Sherlock Holmes adventures, the Lovecraft/Doyle inspired Cthulhu Casebooks, and tie-in fiction for the Firefly TV series and movie, along with other novels. His latest, Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons, is a...
Cat Me If You Can by Miranda James
I'm going to write an unusual review of Miranda James' latest Cat in the Stacks Mystery, Cat Me If You Can. First, there's the review of the mystery, a story that takes librarian Charlie Harris and Maine Coon cat Diesel out of their Athena, Mississippi home....
Winners and Give Me an M Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Bitter Paradise will go to Karen B. from Golden Valley, MN. Lisa W. of Akron, IN won Running From the Dead. The books are going out in the mail today.This week's authors have names that begin with M. In Death...
What Are you Reading?
How are you? I hope you had at least one good day in the last week. Yesterday was terrific here - weather in the low 80's. Just my temperatures. And, I voted. It wasn't bad at all standing outside in that weather. Took about an hour and a half for early voting....
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Winter Counts is David Heska Wanbli Weiden's powerful debut novel. Set on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, it introduces Virgil Wounded Horse who has lived through almost every Native stereotype believed by white people. He lives in a dirty house on a...
A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber
Anna Lee Huber's fourth Verity Kent mystery, A Pretty Deceit, takes place just weeks after Penny for Your Secrets. This historical series is definitely one that invites readers to read it in order. Those who haven't read previous books might be a little...
