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
What Are You Reading?
If Jeff guessed if I was moving What Are You Reading to Wednesday this week, he guessed right. Tomorrow is Feb. 1, and it will be Treasures in My Closet, so we’ll talk about books today. I’m reading the second Atlas Catesby mystery by D.M. Quincy,...
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
The ninth Flavia de Luce mystery by Alan Bradley is a mystery in itself. Is The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place the end of the series, or is it the end of a storyline, and the beginning of a new one? By release date, that question may be answered, but as I...
Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton
Is there anything that says cozy mystery any more than a donut shop? Ginger Bolton launches the Deputy Donut mystery series with Survival of the Fritters. It’s been three years since Emily Westhill’s police detective husband, Alec, was shot and...