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
Random Road by Thomas Kies
When I like a debut mystery, it's because the characters have depth and come alive. Meet Geneva Chase in Thomas Kies' Random Road. Geneva is almost forty, back on her hometown newspaper on Connecticut's Gold Coast. And, she's back because Geneva has almost hit...
June Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
It's hard to top that list of yesterday's June releases. So, I'll kick today's list off with Dean Koontz who is starting a new series with a character that excites him. In The Silent Corner, Koontz introduces Jane Hawk, an FBI agent gone rogue, at least in the eyes...
June Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
If you thought there were a lot of books in May, wait until you see the June titles. Do the publishers think we all go on vacation in June? I need more reading time! As I did in May, I'll pick out the crime fiction and some other favorites, and then list all the...