Lesa's Book Critiques
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Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence
If every public librarian, working and retired, buys a copy of Annie Spence's Dear Fahrenheit 451, she'll have a hit on her hands. It has a long subtitle, "Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks, A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life." How...
Trace by Archer Mayor
The latest Joe Gunther novel isn't really about Joe Gunther. But, Archer Mayor's Trace is an outstanding police procedural that keeps the series fresh and interesting. This time, the story focuses on Gunther's team while he himself takes a backseat role. When Joe...
Missing persons by Michael Brandman
Michael Brandman is not only the author of three Jesse Stone novels, based on Robert B. Parker's character, he also produced and co-wrote nine Jesse Stone movies. Now, he's launching his own laconic lawman, Buddy Steel, in Missing Persons. Buddy narrates the...
Protocol by Kathleen Valenti
Admissions right up front, so you can take my review with a grain of salt. Read Kathleen Valenti's debut novel Protocol if the subject matter interests you. I'm not a fan of scientific/medical thrillers. My eyes glaze over when there are paragraphs about the...
Season of Sacrifice by Bharti Kirchner
Asian-American private investigator Maya Mallick makes her first appearance in Bharti Kirchner's Season of Sacrifice. And, the opening scene of the book is unforgettable. Maya has just opened the Seattle branch of a successful all-women boutique detective agency based...
What Are You Reading?
I'll never catch up with my friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. She's been reading about Paris for months. But, I'm a third of a way through John Baxter's forthcoming book, Montparnasse: Paris's District of Memory and Desire. That's the neighborhood we're staying in...
