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
Not That Duke by Eloisa James
Lady Stella Corsham is short, has curves when they’re not fashionable, is red-haired with freckles, and wears spectacles. Silveser Parnell, Duke of Huntington describes himself. “I am burly, hairy, somewhat immoral, lustful, undereducated, and fond of...
Ironwood by Michael Connelly
Somewhere or another, I saw a complaint that the titles of Michael Connelly’s Catalina novels were too ordinary. I totally disagree. Ironwood, the title of the second book, is perfect. An Ironwood tree has one solid root that grows deep and wide. It’s...
Deadly Cairns by Joana Snowdon
While Joana Snowdon’s cozy mystery is subtitled A Scottish Road-Trip Cosy Mystery, it’s the first in her Highland Mystery series. Meet Joana Snowdon (yes, the author’s name) and Brian Goodfellow, two freelance photographers traveling through...