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
Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany
Vicki Delany follows up the first fun Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, Elementary, She Read, with the equally delightful Body on Baker Street. Gemma Doyle is becoming one of my favorite amateur sleuths, although I don't think I'd want to live with her. As...
Vicki Delany and Body on Baker Street
I loved Vicki Delany's second Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, Body on Baker Street, so I asked Vicki to answer a few questions. Thank you, Vicki! Vicki, as an introduction, tell readers what you’ve been doing since the last Constable Molly Smith mystery. Quite a...
The Western Star by Craig Johnson
Readers and fans of Craig Johnson's Longmire series - here's your warning. I started Johnson's The Western Star on my lunch hour one day. I read for half an hour, spent more than an hour talking to my mother that night, and, yet, I had to stay up and finish the book....