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
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
Over the years, I’ve read a number of Marie Bostwick’s novels. The Book Club for Troublesome Women is the first one that made me angry. It wasn’t the book itself. It was a very good book. But Bostwick included so many unfair conditions for women...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – From the Dust by David Swinson
Kevin’s Corner Annex – From the Dust by David Swinson
I fully intended to have my own review here today, and to save Kevin Tipple’s reviews for my trip home at the end of the week. But, the book I’m finishing makes me so angry that I want to talk about it. And, I won’t be around much today with the...
My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi
My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi
I can see why Masateru Konishi’s My Grandfather, the Master Detective was a bestseller in Japan. It’s filled with mystery, short tales, suggestions of romance, and evil. The author, and the translator, Louise Heal Kawai, lovingly portray the...