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
Winners and Give Me an H Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The signed copies of Lori Rader-Day's The Day I Died will go to Helen T. from Evansville, IN and Chuck B. from Garnet Valley, PA. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, it's a Give Me an H Giveaway. A...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! That means it's time for What Are You Reading. I look forward to this day every week. I'm just about to start the August release, Continental Crimes, edited by Martin Edwards. That means I can't tell you anything about it other than it includes...
Walking on My Grave by Carolyn Hart
It's hard to believe that after thirty years Carolyn Hart is wrapping up the Death on Demand series. Walking on My Grave is the last case for Annie and Max Darling. But, the traditional mystery wraps up perfectly, first with the gathering of suspects, and...