Lesa's Book Critiques
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Knot the Usual Suspects by Molly MacRae
Molly MacRae's latest mystery, Knot the Usual Suspects, takes fabric to a whole new level. If murder wasn't involved, the scheme that came out of the Weaver's Cat would be funny. And, it's still a charming linchpin for the story. Blue Plum, Tennessee, is all set for...
Book Chat – October Mystery Releases from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
For those of you who don't want to listen to or watch the entire book chat, here's the lengthy list of October releases. (Sorry, no Jinx this month. He was off harassing Nikki instead.) Murder, Plainly Read - Isabella Alan - 4th Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Floral...
Winners and Those Texas Lawmen
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Austin C. of Evansville, IN won Code Grey by Clea Simon. Samantha M. of Litchfield Park, AZ won Nancy J. Cohen's Peril by Ponytail. The books will go out today. What is it about Texas lawmen? This week, I'm giving...
In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I ed. by Elizabeth Foxwell
In recent years, there have been a number of books published about women and their roles in World War II. We haven't seen as much about the women who served, in some capacity or another, during the first world war. Elizabeth Foxwell remedies that situation with...
My Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl
When Gourmet magazine folded, Ruth Reichl had been editor in chief for ten years. She was lost. She felt as if the magazine had survived for almost seventy years, and folded on her watch. After she finished her book tour duties for the company, she and her husband...
Killer Year: Stories to Die For edited by Lee Child
I don't know if it would have been better to read Killer Year: Stories to Die For... when it originally came out in 2008 or not. With the 2015 paperback release, the author biographies have been updated. We now know what happened with the "Class of 2007". In...
