Lesa's Book Critiques
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Vicki Delany and Body on Baker Street
I loved Vicki Delany's second Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, Body on Baker Street, so I asked Vicki to answer a few questions. Thank you, Vicki! Vicki, as an introduction, tell readers what you’ve been doing since the last Constable Molly Smith mystery. Quite a...
The Western Star by Craig Johnson
Readers and fans of Craig Johnson's Longmire series - here's your warning. I started Johnson's The Western Star on my lunch hour one day. I read for half an hour, spent more than an hour talking to my mother that night, and, yet, I had to stay up and finish the book....
Winners & A Police Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Donna S. from Milford, CT won The Lying Game. Carol M. from Monroeville, PA will receive The Perfect Stranger. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two novels involving the police....
What Are You Reading?
I'm excited about the book I picked up at the library yesterday. It's Craig Johnson's new Walt Longmire book, The Western Star. I'll admit, as much as I adore the author, sometimes the books are over my head. But, I love his story collections. And, The Western...
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
I don't know if I can summarize Ruth Hogan's debut novel, The Keeper of Lost Things, any better than she does on the final page. "It was a sweeping story of love and loss, life and death, and, above all, redemption." For a little while, I feared it was going to be all...
Something Like Happy by Eva Woods
Do you remember the "Hundred Happy Days" project that was popular about three years ago? Now, take one miserable thirty-five-year-old and thrust her into daily contact with another woman determined to celebrate those hundred happy days. That kicks off Eva Woods'...
