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
Last Day in Paris, Friday, Sept. 29
On Friday, our last day in Paris before we all headed out, we had a tour scheduled again. Because the tours started across from Le Carrousel, we were all able to meet up with our favorite waiter again. Hugs! This time, there was a photographic record of my hug. So...
A Hollywood Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away two mysteries set in Hollywood. Both are set in the past. It's February 1962 in James W. Ziskin's Cast the First Stone. Tony Eberle has just landed his first role in a Hollywood movie, and the publisher of his hometown newspaper...
Thursday in Paris, Sept. 28
Kaye stayed in bed on Thursday, while Vickie, Lisa and I headed to Musee d'Orsay. This museum is in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900 for the World's Fair. It's a gorgeous building. And, I have to agree with the...