Lesa's Book Critiques
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Kevin’s Corner Annex – Sex and Death on the Beach by Elaine Viets
I'm just getting into my next book, so it was time to share one of Kevin Tipple's reviews. It's been a number of years since I read one of Elaine Viet's books. She's kicking off a new series with Sex and Death on the Beach. Sex and Death on the Beach: A Florida...
Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall
I never saw "Broadchurch", so I have no idea how Chris Chibnall's debut mystery, Death at the White Hart compares to the show. Chibnall is the creator of "Broadchurch". Now, he gives us a solid police procedural with an interesting lead charactrer. Due to family...
Family Trip and What Are You Reading?
Last week, my family went to Shipshewana and Middlebury, Indiana. That's Amish and Mennonite country. Although we have Amish country in Ohio, we don't see as many horses and buggies as we did in LaGrange County, Indiana. I did most of the driving, and I loved to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Fondness for Truth by Kim Hays
Since I'm only a third through my next book, I decided to share Kevin Tipple's review of a book by one of our own. A Fondness for Truth is the third in Kim Hays' Linder and Doratelli series. Thank you, Kevin. Following Pesticide and Sons and Brothers, A Fondness...
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I'm eight years behind in reading Martha Wells' first Murderbot Diaries entry, All Systems Red. The short science fiction book won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards for Best Novella. It won the Alex Award. It was also a bestseller, made into an Apple Original...
Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird
I can see why Aubrey Hamilton recommended the Inspector Sloan mysteries to me. Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird has a clever plot. I never guessed the killer because the plot was so well-developed, and there were too many likely suspects. It was Henry Ford, the...
