Lesa's Book Critiques
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Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
Well, part 2 is going to be much larger than I expected. When I went to work on Monday, I found a box from Simon & Schuster waiting for me with six more June releases in it. Are you ready for an enormous second listing of treasures in my closet? Here are the other...
Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
What a glorious month! There are piles of June releases in my place. And, for me, the month will be one week short for reading because I'll be on vacation with my family. That doesn't mean I'll ignore all these wonderful books. In fact, there are so many June titles...
Gathering Prey by John Sandford
There have been twenty-five Prey novels by John Sandford, and he's still at the top of his game with Gathering Prey. The latest book featuring Lucas Davenport is gritty and brutal, but I read it straight through in seven hours. Lucas' daughter, Letty, attends...
Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer
Susan M. Boyer won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel for Lowcountry Boil. It's been a couple years since I read it, but it can't be any better than her latest Liz Talbot mystery, Lowcountry Boneyard. That hot South Carolina weather must just breed suspense,...
A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes
I heard Tonya Kappes at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest last week, and her humor caught my attention. I bought the first in her Ghostly Southern mystery series, A Ghostly Undertaking, and I already have the second one, A Ghostly Grave. I have no regrets that I...
The Good, the Bad, and the Furry by Tom Cox
How can anyone with a black cat resist the cover of Tom Cox' The Good, the Bad, and the Furry? The subtitle, though, is a little misleading, "Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat". The Bear, the black cat on the cover, is part of Cox' account of life with his...
