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
Book Chat – July Mysteries from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
Did you catch Jinx' cameo? He was only there long enough for that quick appearance, and then went off to take a nap. But, he and I want to share this month's titles. Here are the July cozy mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian Spellcasting in Silk...
That Chesapeake Summer by Mariah Stewart
Nothing says summer like escaping to St. Dennis, Maryland with Mariah Stewart in her latest Chesapeake Diaries book. This year, she sends an author on a life-changing trip to St. Dennis in That Chesapeake Summer. Jamie Valentine is a bestselling author, a...
See Also Murder by Larry D. Sweazy
See also: one of the best mysteries I've read in quite a while. Larry D. Sweazy is an award-winning author of westerns, but the first of his Marjorie Trumaine mysteries is a winner as well. See Also Murder introduces an unusual amateur sleuth, and puts her into a...