Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
Just to let you know I have an appointment this morning, so I won't be around until late in the morning. But, I'm looking forward to seeing what you're reading this week, and what you've been doing. Even if I didn't like Murder in the Grotto, I'm willing to take a...
Murder in the Grotto by Amy Myers
How can a fan of cozy mysteries pass up one that calls itself "A British Stately Home Mystery"? When it involves a ghost hunt and a cafe called the Happy Huffkin Cafe? I was all in for Amy Myers' Murder in the Grotto. Unfortunately, there was very little that...
Making a Killing by Cara Hunter
Yesterday, Jeff Meyerson made the comment that you should read Cara Hunter's DI Adam Fawley books in order. Making a Killing, the seventh in the series, proves that. Her very first book, Close to Home, not only introduced Fawley, but also his team and an...
A Sneak Peek
Tuesday, May 20 is release day for Cara Hunter's seventh DI Adam Fawley thriller, Making a Killing. I haven't had a chance to finish it yet, but this latest book is as gripping as the previous ones in the series. If you want excellent police procedurals, you should...
Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong
It took me forever to get through Kelley Armstrong's fourth Rip Through Time novel, Death at a Highland Wedding. I think I had the same problem I have with other series at times. Armstrong took her four sleuths out of Edinburgh, and sent them to the Highlands, away...
Mrs. Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett
I haven't forgotten that I'm reading Bill Crider's Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, but Simon Brett's Mrs. Pargeter books are coming in faster through the library system. And, after just reading Emily Sullivan's A Death on Corfu, it came as a surprise that Mrs....





