Kevin’s Corner Annex – Dogtown: A Willie Black Mystery

February 18, 2023

It’s always fun to post a review for a book that you normally wouldn’t see at Lesa’s Book Critiques. Thank you to Kevin Tipple for his review of Howard Owen’s Dogtown. I have long been a fan of the Willie Black series that started with Oregon...

Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony

March 27, 2022

Joyce St. Anthony debuts a new series, the Homefront News mysteries, with Front Page Murder. It’s set in May 1942 as the Pennsylvania homefront is still gearing up for World War II. And, women have taken the place of men in some of the jobs in Progress, PA....

A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel

March 20, 2022

Sometimes, I have troubles with translations, and wonder if it’s the author or the translator. I didn’t have that problem with Sara Blaedel’s A Harmless Lie, translated by Mark Kline. The voices of troubled women seemed perfect in this riveting...

All These Ashes by James Queally

September 28, 2021

I’ll read almost any crime novel featuring a journalist. A journalist turned PI? I’m in. James Queally’s All These Ashes brings back Russell Avery in the sequel to Line of Sight. While I didn’t read the first one, I’d suggest interested...

Where Have You Gone Without Me? by Peter Bonventre

March 20, 2021

Peter Bonventre is a long-time journalist with a career in sportswriting and entertainment. He co-authored Howard Cosell’s I Never Played the Game. You might want to know the author’s background before picking up Where Have You Gone Without Me? It’s...