About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
Once again, a master turns in an addicting book. Hidden Nature features Sloan Cooper, a Natural Resources Police officer in Maryland who survives a shooting, only to find herself investigating what appears to be a case of disappearing people and a serial killer....
The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis
As usual, Krista Davis brings readers back to Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, where she reintroduces us to old friends, new recipes, decorating tips, and a mystery. The eighteenth book in the Domestic Diva series, The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg, also brings a character...
A Mammoth Murder by Bill Crider
Bill Crider's thirteenth Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, A Mammoth Murder, may be my favorite in the series so far.That fight in the Round-Up restaurant may be one of the funniest scenes I've read. When Bud Turley shows up at the Blacklin County sheriff's department,...