Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
Thursday! Thursday! You know, I'm really enjoying being back to work. But, darn. There are some really fun online things, including author events, going on at 5 PM EDT (which is 4 PM here). And, I don't get home now in time to watch them. But, oh well. What are you...
Interview with A.J. Devlin
I loved A.J. Devlin's novel Cobra Clutch. It went on to win the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, so after I read and enjoyed the second "Hammerhead" Jed Ounstead book, Rolling Thunder, I asked A.J. Devlin if I could interview him. Thank you, A.J., for...
Rolling Thunder by A.J. Devlin
Several years ago, I reviewed a debut mystery, Cobra Clutch by A.J. Devlin. It went on to win the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Although I said at the time I normally wouldn't appreciate a book set in the world of pro wrestling, I loved Devlin's...
Distractions
I'm going back to work today, but I don't think readers are ready for the world to return to normal. I know I only had a couple entries in Friday's blog giveaway. So, I took it off the blog, and I'll contact the two people who will receive the books. It's evidently...
Private Investigations edited by Victoria Zackheim
Yesterday, author Art Taylor wrote a guest post talking about writing what one knows, or what one researches. Victoria Zackheim edited a collection called Private Investigations, the perfect follow-up to Taylor's post. It's subtitled "Mystery Writers on the...
Art Taylor, Guest Author, On Writing What You Know
We have Jeffrey Marks, publisher at Crippen & Landru, to thank for today's post. He suggested Art Taylor for a piece on the blog. Thank you to both Jeffrey and Art. Art Taylor is the author of the story collection The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and...
