Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
You're going to have to help me out today. I'm not far enough into anything to claim that I'm reading it. We'll see what happens. I am taking a book back to the library. There are people waiting for it, and I just haven't had time. Short deadlines for April. Do you...
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
Abir Mukherjee follows up the success of his debut novel, A Rising Man, with another richly detailed mystery set in 1920s India. And, for all of us who didn't read the first mystery, there's no problem in picking up the story of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant...
Date with Malice by Julia Chapman
I'll date myself by saying the duo in this book will remind you of "Moonlighting". Julia Chapman's Date with Malice, the second in a series, is a suspenseful, humorous mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales community of Bruncliffe. You might not want to pack up as quickly...
Hard Aground by Brendan DuBois
While Hard Aground is Brendan DuBois' eleventh Lewis Cole mystery, it's the first I've read. And, I wish I had read more of them about this intriguing character. While the back jacket mentions "Rear Window", I can think of a couple books that have similar...
May Treasures in My Closet
I know it's Easter Sunday, but there's a full box of May releases to talk about. And, the review schedule is so full of April books, that we have to do this today or there's no time in the schedule. So, catch up when you can, but I have quite a list for you. I'm a fan...
Tart of Darkness by Denise Swanson
Cozy mystery readers may recognize Denise Swanson's name from the popular Skye Denison mysteries set in Scumble River, Illinois. Those books became the "Welcome Back to Scumble River" series. Now, she launches a new series that has a few ties to the past,...
