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
Have You Heard – Victoria Laurie’s Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun
“Have You Heard?” is a column featured only on Lesa’s Book Critiques. It features many reviews of audiobooks (fiction, with a concentration in mysteries) but these reviews will include recent and past books for an interesting mixture of titles. Content is...
Winners and A Historical Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Dianne C. from Elk Grove Village, IL won Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis. Sally S. from Antioch, CA won April Smith's Home Sweet Home. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. 1889 England or World War II on...
April Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
Here's the second part of the list of forthcoming April releases. I hope there's something here that you want to read. Jennifer McMahon leads off with Burntown. Ashford, Vermont appears to be a typical sleepy New England town, but to the shadowy residents who live...