Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
I've read the second, and now the third Lady Sherlock mystery by Sherry Thomas. I'm afraid I'm just not the right audience for these books, although I'm a big fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories and some of the pastiches. I found The Hollow of Fear...
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
If you read my blog on Thursday, you might have read Ron Charles' Washington Post review of this book. https://wapo.st/2IOE7zI. It was funny. But, I read Mitch Albom's The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. It's really directed at the same audience that made The...
Dig Your Grave by Steven Cooper
Darn. Once again, I discovered a series with the second book. You can start with Steven Cooper's Dig Your Grave, but if you like the Arizona setting and the characters, Gus Mills and Alex Parker, as much as I did, you'll wish you had started with Desert Remains....
Winners & A Dog & Cats Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Linda M. from Franklin, PA won Shelved Under Murder. Sara G. of Granite City, IL will receive Hitting the Books. The books went out in the mail yesterday. I have one more week with an unusual schedule, so the time...
What Are You Reading?
At the time I'm writing this, I'm halfway through Mitch Albom's latest novel, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. It's the sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven, who are the five people who have lessons to teach you when you arrive. I'll have finished it by the...
A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper
When most of us see the subtitle to Bradley Harper's debut mystery, A Knife in the Fog, we'll have a question. Who is Margaret Harkness? The subtitle is "A Mystery Featuring Margaret Harkness & Arthur Conan Doyle". Margaret Harkness was a journalist and author in...
