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
August Book Chat – Cozy Mysteries from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
I owe author Nancy Martin an apology. My chat about her book, A Little Night Murder, was edited incorrectly due to cat misadventures. Jinx and Josh are both in today's book chat, and two cats led to a couple problems. Here's the list of August's cozy paperback...
What are you reading?
I spent the evening last night scaring poor Josh while I vacuumed, packing for a weekend trip to New York (Southwest, not Delta, so hopefully we get there and back okay), and doing wash. No reading time. I am reading Susan Crandall's book about a trio of...
The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey's crime novels are set in Chicago, a city with a reputation for dirty politics and strong, determined people. And, his private investigator, Michael Kelly, embodies all the strength and a determination to clean up some of the dirt. Kelly takes on an...