Lesa's Book Critiques
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A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
It's always a treat to catch up with Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. Vicki Delany has given us a delightful, idiosyncratic character whose brain resembles Holmes'. She lacks empathy and social skills, though, and just doesn't...
In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
Joy Avon's debut mystery, In Peppermint Peril, is the first "A Tea and a Read Mystery". This one is set in the Christmas season, while the second one will take readers back to Heart's Harbor, Maine, for the Fourth of July celebration. Meet Callie Aspen and her Great...
Beyond Absolution by Cora Harrison
Cora Harrison's Reverend Mother mysteries, set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s, are certainly realistic. She doesn't sugarcoat the conditions of life at that time, or the brutality and deaths during the period of rebellion. She doesn't hesitate to injure or kill...
Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan
There's a list of twenty-four other novels by Jenny Colgan in the front of Christmas on the Island, but I've only read one, The Bookshop on the Corner. I've picked up, and even brought home some of the books. The titles can be appealing -Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe,...
Winners and a Police & Partner Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. John S. from Iowa City, IA won Death in the Stars. Carola Dunn's The Corpse at the Crystal Palace goes to Robin C. from Ashtabula, OH. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away copies of...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Time to share what we've been reading this week. I'm just starting the fourth Reverend Mother mystery by Cora Harrison, A Gruesome Discovery. This is a fascinating historical series set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s. Reverend Mother Aquinas is a...
