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
Bel of the Brawl by Maggie McConnon
"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." The quote from William Butler Yeats describes Belfast McGrath's life. Maggie McConnon digs deeper into Bel's pain in the second book in the mystery series,...
Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany
Any Sherlock Holmes fan will recognize the "Elementary" from stories, movies, and TV, if not from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's actual work. Vicki Delany's clever Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery, Elementary, She Read, is a wonderful addition to the tributes to...
Winners and Award Nominee Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Courtney W. of Loceya Spring, AL won City of the Lost. Lisa G. from Pensacola Beach, FL won The Widower's Wife. The books will go out today. This week, I'm giving away two books that feature journalists. The books...