Lesa's Book Critiques
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Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
Ziskin's fifth Ellie Stone mystery, Heart of Stone, is an Edgar nominee for Best Paperback Original this year. Now, he takes his small-town reporter to 1962 Hollywood in Cast the First Stone. Ellie finally caught a break. By default, she's the one sent to...
Treble at the Jam Fest by Leslie Budewitz
If you like intelligent amateur sleuths who successfully juggle family, business and community, try Leslie Budewitz' Food Lovers' Village mysteries. The fourth in the series, Treble at the Jam Fest, even has a community jazz festival and recipes. Something for...
Winners and a Southern Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Cheryl S. from Fort Pierre, SD won the Grantchester book. Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR will receive the copy of G.M. Malliet's Devil's Breath. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away...
What Are You Reading?
I missed you last week! I was in New York City, doing books and theater, so that was great. Even so, I missed our conversation. But, I knew I'd never have time on Thursday to go online and talk about what we're reading. I'm reading a book that my friend, Kaye...
Murder in Saint-Germain by Cara Black
Aimée Leduc has always had a busy, complicated life as a private investigator. But, this time, in Cara Black’s seventeenth book in the series, Murder in Saint-Germain, she has a complication she can’t ignore. It’s not so easy to walk away from an eight-month-old baby...
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz' clever, beautifully pitched Magpie Murders is one of the two best books I've read so far this year (Lori Rader-Day's The Day I Died is the other.). Horowitz' voice is perfect for a "British whodunit with a country house setting, a complicated...
