Lesa's Book Critiques
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Off to Amish Country
My family is off to Shipshewana, Indiana today for the rest of the week. And, no, Kevin, we're not going by horse and buggy. But, Shipshewana is in Indiana's Amish country. We have plans - a play, shops to go to, gardens that look like quilts, meals, and time spent...
Raymond Chandler’s Trouble is My Business
I never read Raymond Chandler's story, "Trouble is My Business", so I'm glad Arvind Ethan David put together a team for a graphic novel of the story. There are a few people who contributed to the graphic novel. Author Ben Winters wrote the Foreword, talking about...
Nightshade by Michael Connelly
Catalina Island is where the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. sends officers who screwed up on the mainland. Sergeant Stilwell's job is to supervise the limited staff who patrol the island. Their normal job is to deal with drunken tourists on the weekends. Beginning with...
Missed It – The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans
I'm halfway through Michael Connelly's Nightshade, which I'm enjoying, but I'm mad I missed my galley of Mary Anna Evans' The Dark Library. I've known Mary Anna for twenty-two years, and I was looking forward to reading the galley through NetGalley. But, I went to...
Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot by Simon Brett
While Simon Brett's fourth Mrs. Pargeter's book, Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh, was my favorite in the series so far, I had a hard time getting through Mrs. Pargeter's Plot. The entire situation was a little too bizarre for me. Mrs. P is having a house built on...
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
According to Laura Lippman, Mrs. Muriel Blossom first appeared in the novel Another Thing to Fall in 2008. Lippman admits readers occasionally called her out for being ageist and anti-fat when it came to Mrs. Blossom, who did surveillance for PI Tess Monaghan at one...
