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
City Trails – Paris
Here's my biggest complaint about this book from Lonely Planet. Look at that book cover. And, the spine looks the same. Why would you call that City Trails - Paris, instead of Paris - City Trails? It's just wrong. Maybe I've been hanging around Kaye Wilkinson...
What Are You Reading?
It's Wednesday. That means it's a good day to ask you what you're reading. You already know I'm a nerd. I'm reading a book called Reviews Are In: Read, Write, and Expand Your Career by Henrietta Verma. It's addressed to librarians, and says why librarians...
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock by Terry Shames
Terry Shames' Samuel Craddock mysteries are always thought-provoking views of our society. But, none of them have been as timely or challenging as the latest story, An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock. Shames takes us back to the beginning of Craddock's...