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
Radiant Heat by Sarah-Jane Collins
I wanted to like Sarah-Jane Collins' debut novel, Radiant Heat, so much more than I did. The description of a woman who survives an Australian bush fire only to find that she's still in danger sounded appealiing. However, I had a hard time liking Alison King, the...
Sunday Spotlight – Kaye Wilkinson Barley – Conclusion
I had so many questions for Kaye Wilkinson Barley. In the future, I cut the questions down to just four, but I don't know others as well as I know Kaye. I'm so glad she was willing to be the first subject. Thank you, Kaye. When I asked Kaye the first question, I...
Hero by Thomas Perry
I was eager to read Thomas Perry's Hero, a standalone thriller featuring a cat and mouse game as a killer hunts a private security agent. With no character development, though, it was just an ordinary cat and mouse chase for over three hundred pages. Justine Poole...