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 Mysterious Mr. Badman by W.F. Harvey
Originally published in 1934, W.F. Harvey's The Mysterious Mr. Badman: A Yorkshire Bibliomystery is a recent entry in the British Library Crime Classics. Martin Edwards writes the introduction for this lighthearted, humorous mystery. Athelstan Digby is on holiday...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Kiss and Kill in Texas by Russ Hall
It's always nice to read that people are looking for some of the books suggested by Kevin R. Tipple. Today, he has a review of the eighth Al Quinn novel, Kiss and Kill in Texas by Russ Hall. Thank you, Kevin. For many years now I have been a big fan of Texas author...
What Are You Reading?
Before I start in, I just wanted to ask if anyone wants to do a Favorite Books of 2023 list to run here on the blog? Glen already mentioned that he's going to start working on his list. Of course, I'll have a list. I'd love to have posts from others if you'd like...