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
What Are You Reading?
What are you reading this weekend? I'm finishing up Carolyn Hart's last Death on Demand mystery, Walking on My Grave. There's something sad about reading a book when the author says she's wrapping up the series. And, it's sad to see Carolyn Hart and Margaret Maron,...
Winners and A Cat & Dog Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Page I. from Fairview, NC won Deanna Raybourn's A Curious Beginning. Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen is heading to Caitlin M. from Minden, NV. The books are going out today. This week, I'm giving away...
Too Lucky to Live by Annie Hogsett
Annie Hogsett's debut mystery is one of the most entertaining I've read this year. When Allie Harper, the narrator says, "I have always felt that with some training, I'd make an excellent P.I. A cross between V.I. Warshawski and Kinsey Millhone, with a dash of...