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
Death Shall Come by Simon R. Green
Why do I like Simon R. Green's books so much when they're creepy and violent? After reading his latest, Death Shall Come, I believe I have the answer. First, I'm a sucker for a locked room mystery, and all of the Ishmael Jones stories are locked room...
Winners and a European Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Claire Booth's Another Man's Ground is going to Kevin T. from Dallas, TX. Margie B. from San Jose, CA won Linda Castillo's Down a Dark Road. The books will go in the mail today. This week, our mysteries (ARCs)...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I love to read what you're all reading for the week. I'm halfway through a book that Jeff's going to love. It's a collection, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers. It's broken into three sections, but I'm only partway...