Lesa's Book Critiques
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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...
Winners and Contest News
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The copies of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express will go to Steve G. from Ashland, OH and Karen R. from Katy, TX. I'm sending them out today. And, if you haven't read the book, you should read it before...
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
Somewhere in a pile, I have A Study in Scarlet Women, the first Lady Sherlock book by Sherry Thomas. But, I started it, and didn't care for the predicament Charlotte Holmes was in. However, when I finished A Conspiracy in Belgravia, I could see why others liked the...
