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
The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby
Welcome to 221b, one of the most recognizable addresses in literature. In her debut mystery, Michelle Birkby takes readers behind the scenes of the lower part of that house. Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes' landlady, and Dr. Watson's wife, Mary, become amateur sleuths...
Congratulations to the Award Winners
Congratulations to all the winners of mystery awards that were presented this past week at Bouchercon. But, Louise Penny deserves an extra congratulations. She swept Best Novel with A Great Reckoning, taking all three mystery awards, the Anthony, the Macavity, and...
The Witches’ Tree by M. C. Beaton
I'm a latecomer to M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of a character who is man-hungry and doesn't feel as if she's complete without a man in her life. I've read and reviewed the books when there has been an anniversary, or, in...