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
Winners and an Amateur Sleuth Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bury the Past is going to Marie R. from Horseheads, NY. Mary P. from Rome, NY won A Hunt in Winter. Due to our weather, the books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I’m giving away two mysteries...
What Are You Reading?
First, I want to thank Jeff, Grace, Margie and Glen for sharing their favorite books of 2017. Let’s do it again next year! Watch for those good books this year. I bet it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that I’m finishing Foxglove Summer, the...
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
While Broken Homes isn’t my favorite in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, the ending came as surprise. And, it was perfect. Peter Grant is a police constable with a little bit of magic. He and a former classmate, Lesley May, reside at the Folly...