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
Don’t Go Home by Carolyn Hart
By the 25th Death on Demand mystery, fans know what to expect. It's a traditional mystery set in Broward's Rock, South Carolina, and, if everything is perfect, there will be the comfort of all those mysteries in Annie Darling's bookstore. There will be lists of...
Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay
My sister, Christie, and I talk about characters in cozy mysteries the way some women used to talk about characters in soap operas. These are people we know, and we get upset with them when they do something that makes them TSTL, Too Stupid To Live. And, as much as...
Ruined Abbey by Anne Emery
Fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. Anne Emery's Ruined Abbey is totally over my head, but it's a fascinating mystery. Because I haven't read any of the mysteries about the Irish Troubles, or any of Emery's previous Collins-Burke mysteries, I wasn't prepared...