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
Happy Birthday, Mom!
There is nothing more important today than to celebrate my Mom's 90th birthday. Family came in, and we're gathering this afternoon to honor Mom's life. She's a strong woman, our matriarch with three daughters, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She's...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Blaze Orange by Doiron
Kevin Tipple is right in that I've been playing this week instead of working. Last night was dinner with family from four years old to two days from ninety, followed by cards and another game. We were busy from 9 am to 9:45 PM with two busy days ahead of us. So, I...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Reverse by Steven F. Havill
Thank you, again, to Kevin Tipple for sharing some reviews while I'm at Mom's this week. Today, he's discussing Steven F. Havill's Reverse. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is in her patrol unit and driving on a quiet evening in Posadas County, New Mexico, when she...