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 Fraud by Brad Parks
Our carefree investigative reporter Carter Ross has become a little more responsible now that there's a baby on its way. That doesn't mean Carter doesn't get in trouble, as shown in the opening chapter of Brad Parks' The Fraud, when he says in forty-three...
Someday Home by Lauraine Snelling
Although I read Lauraine Snelling's Someday Home for a review for a journal, and found the story itself enjoyable, I had one big problem with the book. Why would anyone refer to women of 47, 51, and 52 as old or aged? Lynn Lundberg's husband dropped dead one year...
The Silenced by Heather Graham
I'm a sucker for Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters books. These novels feature a special team of FBI agents who have some sort of paranormal ability, usually the ability to see or hear dead people. In the course of the book, they use their connections to track...