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
Giveaway – Mysteries about Books
What better way to kick off 2018 than to give away two mysteries about books? They also kick off new series, so you can enter the giveaways, hoping to discover a new series you like. A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert is “A Blue Ride Library...
What Are You Reading?
It’s Thursday! And, I do want to know what you’re reading. But, I also promised to share some of the Favorites Lists from some of Thursday’s regular commentators. So, every Thursday and Friday for the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing their...
The Long Arm of the Law: edited by Martin Edwards
I always learn something when I read the British Crime Classics edited by Martin Edwards. Edwards never disappoints. The choice of stories is always interesting, and his introductions are lessons in the history of crime writing. As a fan of police procedurals,...