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
Rich Zahradnik, Guest Blogger
Let’s talk about Rich Zahradnik’s book, Lights Out Summer, before I discuss his guest blog. Lights Out Summer (Camel Press; October 1, 2017) In March 1977, ballistics link murders going back six months to the same Charter Arms Bulldog .44. A serial...
A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames
I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of Police Chief Samuel Craddock of Jarrett Creek, Texas. The small town lawman is authentic and believable as he deals with crimes in the small community. In Terry Shames’ latest mystery, A Reckoning...
The Devil’s Claw by Lara Dearman
The format of today’s review may look a little odd. I originally intended this review to be for a journal, only to discover this title had already been assigned to someone else. Why waste a good review? This is formatted for that journal. However, saying...