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
No Way Out by Cara Hunter
Way back in September, I mentioned No Way Out, the D.I. Adam Fawley police procedural by Cara Hunter. It's the third in the series, focusing on Fawley and his police team in Oxford, England. There have been two other books published in England, but they haven't...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
Kevin Tipple continues to tell people I'm gallivanting all over Ohio instead of reading and working on my blog. This time, he's right. I attended the family Christmas party on my Mom's side of the family. When one of my aunts asked, we decided I haven't been to one...
Christmas with the Lords by Hannah Langdon
It's about time I mentioned one Christmas book on the blog, isn't it? Several of you recommended Hannah Langdon's Christmas with the Lords, and you're right. It's a delightful, charming Christmas romance with a lovely family and mature characters. I'll second that...