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
Blood Sweep by Steven F. Havill
Every time I read one of Steven F. Havill's Posadas County mysteries, I lament the fact that not enough people know about these marvelous police procedurals. If you like Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire books, you really should try this series set in a small New...
Book Chat – May’s Mysteries from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
I haven't done a book chat in a couple months because I didn't receive the books. Now that I did, it was a dreary rainy day here, which means the lighting is off on the video. Oh, well. At least you can hear the chat, and the list of books will be below. Here are...
Poisoned Pen Press & British Library Series
Poisoned Pen Press to Publish British Library Crime Classics and Spy Classics Series in US: Poisoned Pen Press will release 12 British Crime Classics and 2 British Spy Classics in 2015 Scottsdale, Arizona – Poisoned Pen Press announces the upcoming release of...