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 Guest Cottage by Nancy Thayer
Nancy Thayer's latest novel, The Guest Cottage, is a charming summer book. Set on Nantucket, it's the story of two people escaping their troubles, only to find family, and each other. At thirty-six, Sophie Anderson has been content to be the perfect wife, the...
One to the Wolves by Lois Duncan
Basketball coach Jim Valvano is known for saying, "Don't give up. Don't ever give up." That could be author Lois Duncan's motto. One to the Wolves is her second book to recount her ongoing, heartbreaking story to uncover the truth about her daughter's...
The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis
Anyone who follows Krista Davis' Domestic Diva series knows that the book really should have been called The Diva and the Kiss of Death. Anytime Sophie Winston shows up in a book, there will be a murder. Actually, her latest bestseller, The Diva Steals a...