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
Making a Killing by Cara Hunter
Yesterday, Jeff Meyerson made the comment that you should read Cara Hunter's DI Adam Fawley books in order. Making a Killing, the seventh in the series, proves that. Her very first book, Close to Home, not only introduced Fawley, but also his team and an...
A Sneak Peek
Tuesday, May 20 is release day for Cara Hunter's seventh DI Adam Fawley thriller, Making a Killing. I haven't had a chance to finish it yet, but this latest book is as gripping as the previous ones in the series. If you want excellent police procedurals, you should...
Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong
It took me forever to get through Kelley Armstrong's fourth Rip Through Time novel, Death at a Highland Wedding. I think I had the same problem I have with other series at times. Armstrong took her four sleuths out of Edinburgh, and sent them to the Highlands, away...

