Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners and Story Collections
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Jane N. from Vashon, WA won These Honored Dead. Suzanne R. of Nashville, TN will receive A Tale of Two Murders. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two interesting collections -...
What Are You Reading?
I really only read the first two pages of this book. I'm reading mysteries again for next Wednesday's deadline. But, I started Jonathan Santlofer's memoir The Widower's Notebook. It's not going to be easy to read the story of his wife Joy's sudden death, and his...
An Interview with Paula Matter, author of Last Call
I've been waiting to read Paula Matter's debut mystery, Last Call. Readers of the blog know my schedule - read frantically for deadlines; crash; read for myself for about a week; repeat. I'm looking forward to getting to this book. In the meantime, I asked Paula...
Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan
I'm breaking all my own blog rules by reviewing Hank Phillippi Ryan's standalone two weeks before release date. But, Trust Me, you're going to want to pre-order this suspense novel. If it's handled correctly, this should be this summer's Gone Girl. Ryan has...
Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham
I can always count on one of Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters suspense novels to drag me back into reading. I should just stockpile the books so that I know I have something I'll always want to read. I'm a little behind, but it doesn't matter.Wicked Deeds is one of...
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss by David Handler
Fans of Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag will be delighted that he's in a good place in David Handler's latest mystery, The Man Who Couldn't Miss. And, theater fans will enjoy the homage to the greats of the past because it's time to save a historic theater. "Hey, let's put...
