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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall
I'm so glad Kevin Tipple has been willing to step in once in a while. Sundays seem so busy right now for me that I don't seem to finish a book for a Monday review. So, thank you, Kevin. Here's his review of a book that just came out a month ago, Fog and Fury by Rachel...
Hunter’s Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor
I don't know exactly what to say about Sarah Stewart Taylor's Hunter's Heart Ridge, the second in her Bethany, Vermont series. I like her two main characters, Vermont State Police detective Frank Warren and Alice Bellows, a widow who grew up in Bethany. It's an...
The Shining Skull by Kate Ellis
The Shining Skull is the eleventh book in Kate Ellis' Wesley Peterson Murder Mystery series. If readers like police procedurals that combine a contemporary crime with a historical one, I don't think they'll be disappointed. It does take a little while to get used to...