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cplesley
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Buried Treasure, Part 2
More buried treasure from my Kindle library, here books by Erika Monahan, Marlowe Benn, Jessie Burton, and Debra Dean
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cplesley
Oct 25, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Vanessa Kelly
New Books Network interview with Vanessa Kelly, whose "Murder in Highbury" came out with Kensington Books in October 2024.
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cplesley
Oct 4, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Christina Dodd
New Books Network interview with Christina Dodd, whose A Daughter of Fair Verona, appeared with Kensington Books in July 2024
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cplesley
Aug 23, 20242 min read
New Books Network Interview: Heather Redmond
New Books Network interview with Heather Redmond about her latest historical mystery featuring Mary Shelley and the Godwin family
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cplesley
Jul 19, 20244 min read
Interview with Lianne Dillsworth
Author interview with Lianne Dillsworth, whose historical novels Theatre of Marvels and House of Shades are set in 19th-century Britain
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cplesley
Apr 19, 20246 min read
Co-writing The Merchant's Tale
Interview about co-writing conducted by Joan Schweighardt with C. P. Lesley and P.K. Adams, discussing The Merchant's Tale
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cplesley
Apr 5, 20244 min read
Bookshelf, Spring 2024
List of novels on my bookshelf for Spring 2024, by Audrey Burges, Eve J. Chung, Judith Lindbergh, Ruth Reichl, and Shaina Steinberg
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cplesley
Jan 12, 20246 min read
Bookshelf, Winter 2024
My bookshelf, Winter 2024: Stephanie Dray, Laurie R. King, Clare McHugh, Andrea Penrose, Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Deanna Raybourn
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cplesley
Dec 8, 20233 min read
Adjusting to Co-Writing
Thoughts on the pluses and minuses of co-writing and what it adds to a novel project
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cplesley
Nov 22, 20233 min read
A Deeper Look at The Merchant’s Tale
Deeper look at The Merchant's Tale, a historical novel co-written by P.K. Adams and C.P. Lesley and released in mid-November 2023
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cplesley
Nov 3, 20235 min read
Holiday Roundup 2023
Holiday roundup of 2023 books by Rhys Bowen, Bernard Cornwell, Clara McKenna, Erica Neubauer, Anne Perry and Karen Swan
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cplesley
Oct 27, 20236 min read
Interview with Clara McKenna
Interview with the writer Clara McKenna, author of the Stella and Lyndy historical mysteries and other novels
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cplesley
Oct 6, 20235 min read
Fall 2023 Bookshelf
List of novels on my Fall 2023 Bookshelf, all recent historical fiction or historical mystery, set in the 19th and 20th centuries
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cplesley
Sep 29, 20236 min read
Interview with Heather Redmond
Interview with Heather Redmond, author of numerous mystery novels, most recently "Death of the Sisters"
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