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
Writers and Liars by Carol Goodman
So many authors put their own twist on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. In Writers and Liars, Carol Goodman sets her novel on a Greek Island, brings in a group of authors who were there fifteen years earlier, and provides a Greek mythology background. Maia...
Something Whiskered by Miranda James
Yes and no on the seventeenth book in Miranda James' Cat in the Stacks Mystery. Yes, it's delightful with the Irish setting, more of Diesel the Maine Coon cat, and even a ghost cat named Fergal. But, if you're looking for Charlie Harris, the librarian, to solve the...
What Are You Reading?
Good morning, or afternoon, whenever you're reading this. Our weather has been a little cooler, and my schedule has been light. Today, though, I have another Thursday morning appointment, so I won't be around until early afternoon. So, tell me about your week, please,...