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
August Treasures in My Closet
August Treasures in My Closet
Let me talk about Treasures in My Closet for a moment. This piece started when I was working as a public librarian, and our books were ordered far in advance. If readers waited too late to place holds, they would be quite far down on the list, so I wrote Treasures...
The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird
The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird
Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan is out of his element when he's called to investigate a murder in Catherine Aird's The Stately Home Murder. This mystery is a humorous look inside the home of the Thirteenth Earl of Ornum and his extended family, cousins, aunts,...
Summer Cold
Summer Cold
A summer cold is not conducive to reading. So, I'm going to check in, and crawl back under my afghan, knowing I'll feel better tomorrow. It's just a...