Lesa's Book Critiques
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Book Chat – October Cozy Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime
This month's book chat features six cozy mysteries with October release dates, and a cat. But, the surprise is that it's Josh who showed up, not Jinx. I think Josh wanted to represent black cats for the October titles. Enjoy! The October releases are below. Crepe...
Victorian Mystery Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) of two mysteries set in Victorian England. Let's start with Anne Perry's Murder on the Serpentine. It's the concluding book in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series for that time period. Thomas Pitt is summoned...
What Are You Reading?
I have the feeling I haven't done a lot of reading this week. I can tell you I took the book Bibliomysteries, edited by Otto Penzler, with me on the plane. It's subtitled "Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores", so I'm sure the stories by Laura...
Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris
As much as I loved Charlaine Harris' Lily Bard mysteries and the Midnight, Texas novels, I've never been a fan of the Aurora Teagarden mysteries. But, Harris and Aurora are popular enough that there's a Hallmark mystery series. Even so, I found the tenth...
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...
