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
Book Chat – October Cozy Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime
This month's book chat features six cozy mysteries with October release dates, and a cat. But, the surprise is that it's Josh who showed up, not Jinx. I think Josh wanted to represent black cats for the October titles. Enjoy! The October releases are below. Crepe...
Victorian Mystery Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) of two mysteries set in Victorian England. Let's start with Anne Perry's Murder on the Serpentine. It's the concluding book in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series for that time period. Thomas Pitt is...
What Are You Reading?
I have the feeling I haven't done a lot of reading this week. I can tell you I took the book Bibliomysteries, edited by Otto Penzler, with me on the plane. It's subtitled "Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores", so I'm sure the stories by Laura...