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
September Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
If you didn't find a book that appealed to you in yesterday's list, check out day 2 of Treasures in My Closet. These books are coming out in September. Joe Gunther leaves his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team in capable hands in Archer Mayor's Trace. A family...
September Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
There are so many mysteries and crime fiction titles in September that those books will dominate the lists. I've just added a few other books that might appeal. Of course, after saying that, I'm kicking off the list with a book that is not a mystery. Or, maybe we...
Book Chat – August Cozy Mysteries from Berkley
This is not my best book chat. In fact, when editing, I missed one of the titles. Fortunately, I have Jinx to blame. He was a little distracting this time. It always takes me a while to film this because he insists on sitting in front of the camera, purring away....