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
Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
Jessica Ellicott introduces two delightful characters in the first in a new series, Murder in an English Village. Travel back in time to 1920, just after the First World War, or The Great War, as it's called in England. Beryl Helliwell is a famous American...
The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams
I'm recommending Ellery Adams' new series, beginning with The Secret, Book & Scone Society, to everyone who loves Adams' Books by the Bay mysteries, readers who love Sarah Addison Allen, and all of us who love books about books. She's succeeded on all those...
Book Chat – November Cozy Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime
That hiss you hear during the book chat about Kate Carlisle's book? Josh wasn't happy. I hope you're happier than he was with the November releases from Berkley Prime Crime. Enjoy! Here's the list of the mysteries in the book chat. Assault and Buttery by Kristi...