Lesa's Book Critiques

I have a confession to make. I have not read all thirty of Kate Ellis’ DI Wesley Peterson crime novels, although The Chapel of Bones is the latest one. I discovered this series when I was browsing the shelves at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale when I lived in Arizona. The books have not always been easy to find in the U.S., so I grabbed...

It’s been a relaxing week here. It started when my sister, Linda, and I went to see the musical “Pippin”. It was different from the shows she and I had seen years ago. This time, the stage show had illusions, which were fun. Neither of us remembered the Leading Player, the narrator, being as nasty as she was towards the end of the show. But, we enjoyed the show. We made it th...

I finished Tim Sullivan’s The Tailor on Monday, and it took me a little while to get into my next book, so I’m not finished. Thanks to Kevin Tipple, I don’t have to hurry through it. Instead, I’m sharing his review of Waves of Burden by Curtis Ippolito. Thank you, Kevin.

Waves of Burden: A Novel

Darn, darn, darn. Now that we’re caught up with the British publications of Tim Sullivan’s DS George Cross mysteries, I have to wait a year for the next one. The Tailor is just what readers expect in this fabulous series. It has an impossible-seeming murder, the great police team, including ones that have become important in George’s life, and, o...

When the Tartan Army was here in June, they made one thing clear. The Scots like to party as Lucy Connelly shows in her latest Scottish Isle mystery, Death at a Scottish Halloween. They may not actually celebrate Halloween, but the people of Sea Isle observe All Hallows’ Eve for a week, interrupted only by two deaths.

Dr. Emilia McRoy...