Lesa's Book Critiques

Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on Mysteries

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Trouble Island by Sharon Short

Trouble Island by Sharon Short

I mentioned Trouble Island in December's Treasures in My Closet post. I said I picked it up because it was set on an island in Lake Erie, and my hometown is on that lake. I also knew Sharon Short also writes as Jess Montgomery As Montgomery, she writes the Kinship...

January Treasures in My Closet

January Treasures in My Closet

I have a dozen books to talk about today, January releases. I hope you find a couple you want to read. Let me know what I might have missed. Wes Browne's They All Fall the Same is a violent novel set in Kentucky. Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the...

Buried Lies by Steven Tingle

Buried Lies by Steven Tingle

Once again, inept private detective Davis Reed gets caught up in an iffy investigation in Cruso, North Carolina in Steven Tingle's Buried Lies. It's a good thing Davis has a couple disreputable friends, Deputy Dale Johnson and his cousin, Floppy. And, Floppy is always...

Rhys Bowen at The Poisoned Pen

Rhys Bowen at The Poisoned Pen

I debated this week. There were two authors I wanted to talk about who appeared at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in the last week. In the end, I decided to go with Rhys Bowen, author of the latest Royal Spyness novel, We Three Queens. Why? It was because of my...

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating this year. For some of us, this isn't the easiest of Thanksgiving celebrations. We're still in shock after the election, and fearful of the years ahead. But, we'll muddle through, and find our strength again. I have so...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I'm so glad Glen jumped in yesterday to remind me we're doing What Are You Reading? today. I had forgotten that we're doing it today so anyone who wants can take Thursday off for Thanksgiving. And, I knew I wouldn't be around much on Thursday. So, thank you, Glen! As...

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Meet Lesa

I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana.