Lesa's Book Critiques
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A Mammoth Murder by Bill Crider
Bill Crider's thirteenth Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, A Mammoth Murder, may be my favorite in the series so far.That fight in the Round-Up restaurant may be one of the funniest scenes I've read. When Bud Turley shows up at the Blacklin County sheriff's department, he's...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Killing at the Copa edited by J. Alan Hartman
Kevin Tipple just sent me a review of an anthology, A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow. This book is very personal to Kevin. His wife Sandi was a big fan of Barry Manilow. I know this wasn't the easiest book for Kevin to read...
Class Clown by Dave Barry
The title of Dave Barry's latest New York Times bestseller is almost as long as the book itself, Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up. However, the book is more serious than you'd expect from that title. Although...
What Are You Reading?
Just to let you know I have an appointment this morning, so I won't be around until late in the morning. But, I'm looking forward to seeing what you're reading this week, and what you've been doing. Even if I didn't like Murder in the Grotto, I'm willing to take a...
Murder in the Grotto by Amy Myers
How can a fan of cozy mysteries pass up one that calls itself "A British Stately Home Mystery"? When it involves a ghost hunt and a cafe called the Happy Huffkin Cafe? I was all in for Amy Myers' Murder in the Grotto. Unfortunately, there was very little that appealed...
Making a Killing by Cara Hunter
Yesterday, Jeff Meyerson made the comment that you should read Cara Hunter's DI Adam Fawley books in order. Making a Killing, the seventh in the series, proves that. Her very first book, Close to Home, not only introduced Fawley, but also his team and an...
