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 on Pea Pike by Jean Harrington
How about a Southern mystery with a dash of sass? Jean Harrington introduces Honey Ingersoll, a young woman with street smarts, in the first Listed and Lethal mystery, Murder on Pea Pike. Honey has her dream job as office manager and sales agent for Eureka...
Morningstar: Growing Up with Books by Ann Hood
Author Ann Hood is only a few months older than me. As a lifelong reader, her memoir, Morningstar: Growing Up with Books, made me nostalgic for my adolescence. No, not for the adolescence itself. For the discovery and freshness and awakening brought about by...
October Treasures in My Closet
I'm going to have to cram all the October Treasures in My Closet into one post. It's for a good reason. I have tons of September book releases to review for you. So, this post will include a lot of titles, one way or another. I love to kick off Treasures in My...