Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners & a Lori Rader-Day Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Rosalind L. from San Antonio, TX, and Karen B. from Bloomington, MN won copies of David Rosenfelt's Outfoxed. Tari H. from Mount Sterling, OH won Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James. The books are going out in...
What Are You Reading?
"For a girl who often felt like she lived more in the cozy world of books than in the unforgiving world of the playground, a book of books was the richest journal imaginable; it showed a version of myself I recognized and felt represented me." I'm reading Pamela...
Recap – Lori Rader-Day on Book Tour
Lori Rader-Day is on book tour for her third standalone, The Day I Died. She's a terrific speaker with a sense of humor, which made the audience appreciate her all the more. In fact, when a couple women in the audience introduced themselves as "just a reader", Lori...
The Graves by Pamela Wechsler
It's obvious that Pamela Wechsler has legal background and television writing experience. She's written for Law and Order and other legal TV shows. She was a criminal prosecutor. She brings all of that knowledge to The Graves, following up, Mission Hill, the book...
Your Killin’ Heart by Peggy O’Neal Peden
Peden's debut mystery, winner of The Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition, introduces a sparkling amateur sleuth. Campbell Hale is bright and loyal. She's also a little too nosy and, she admits, "a little too honest". She's the delightful...
Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea
Susan C. Shea launches the French Village Mystery series with Love & Death in Burgundy. Filled with descriptions of a charming village, eccentric characters, and humorous conversations, readers who miss Rhys Bowen's Evan Evans mysteries might want to check it out....
