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
Unholy City by Carrie Smith
Here's a case in which you can pick up book three in a series, and appreciate it. Carrie Smith's latest Claire Codella mystery, Unholy City, is a fascinating police procedural. The setting of the murder reminds me of Julia Spencer-Fleming's books. But, this is...
The Body on the Doorstep by A. J. MacKenzie
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! On the southern coast of England there's a legend people tell, Of days long ago when the great Scarecrow would ride from the jaws of hell, And laugh with a fiendish yell, With his clothes all torn and tattered, Through the black of night he'd...
Cremains of the Day by Misty Simon
I don't know if I should suggest that fans of Tonya Kappes' Ghostly Southern Mysteries would like this book, with the connection to a funeral home. Maybe it would be fans of Kathy Hogan Trocheck's Callahan Garrity cleaning service mysteries. Or, maybe I should just...