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
The Southern Sympathy Cookbook by Perre Coleman Magness
I was hoping for a cookbook with recipes I could take to potlucks (carry-ins in southwestern Indiana). Instead, I found a cookbook that made a number of changes to traditional recipes, so they weren't quite what I expected. But, I did enjoy the obituary clips and the...
Deja Moo by Kirsten Weiss
Although I guessed the killer within the first fifty pages of Kirsten Weiss' Deja Moo, the third in the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery series was worth reading. The likable team of sleuths, along with the paranormal museum added up to a fun story. Maddie...
Sunday Reading Corner
This week, Sunday Reading Corner also includes Berkley Prime Crime's April releases. Enjoy those, because Jinx was sleeping through the video. The five books to be released April 3 by Berkley Prime Crime are: Cinco de Murder by Rebecca Adler (3rd Taste of Mexico...