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
On Our Way
My sister, Christie, and I are heading to New York City today. Well, Nashville to the airport, first, and then New York. It's my latest Broadway trip. I really wanted to see "Carousel". We have tickets to three other shows, and we hope to get to the Met and the...
A Shameful Murder by Cora Harrison
Sometimes, you come across a book that makes you go back to the beginning of a series. Cora Harrison's Burren mysteries, set in 16th century Ireland, just never caught on with me. But, when I stumbled across her Reverend Mother mysteries, I was hooked. A Shameful...
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is going to be the guest of honor at Poisoned Pen's September Mystery Conference. It's a two-day conference, and it's a celebration of Rankin's thirty years of publishing in the United States. Here's the link to information. http://bit.ly/2rfGunJ That also...