Lesa's Book Critiques
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Seven Dead by J. Jefferson Farjeon
J. Jefferson Farjeon's Seven Dead is another British Library Crime Classic. The book was originally published in 1939, and it's now reprinted. It's published in the United States by Poisoned Pen Press, and both the British and American editions have an introduction by...
Winners and A Quick Cozy Giveaway
Congratulations to the two winners of the last contest. Felissa L. of Cedar Park, TX is a first-time winner. Congratulations for winning Brooklyn Wars. Linda K. from Woodstock, MD won Last Stop in Brooklyn. It's going to be a quick turnaround on this week's contest....
What Are You Reading?
Back on schedule this week. I'm finishing D.M. Quincy's Murder in Bloomsbury, the latest Atlas Catesby mystery. Murder in Mayfair, the first in the series, was one of my favorite books last year. Atlas investigates the death of a young man, only to discover he...
The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife by Melodie Campbell
When asked to read one of Orca Book Publishers' works for a journal, I wasn't excited. Orca specializes in hi-lo reading level books for adults. Melodie Campbell's The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife has a reading level of third grade. However, in just a...
The Story of Our Lives by Helen Warner
Women's friendships can last through time and problems, through immaturity and growth. Four women struggle with their friendship for twenty years in Helen Warner's intense novel, The Story of Our Lives. Sophie, Amy, Emily and Melissa were best friends at...
Forty Dead Men by Donis Casey
Fans of Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge series will recognize Gee Dub Tucker's problems in Donis Casey's latest Alafair Tucker mystery. But, when veterans of the "War to End All Wars" returned home in 1918, PTSD was not recognized as such. However, Alafair Tucker knows...
