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
Winners and a Bibliophile Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Malice at the Palace will go to Nancy H. from Dodgeville, WI. Susan B. from Seattle, WA won A Most Curious Murder. The books will go in the mail tomorrow. I'm getting ready to write a newspaper column dealing with...
Secrets of Nanreath Hall by Alix Rickloff
Alix Rickloff has written historical and paranormal romances, but Secrets of Nanreath Hall is her first historical novel. It's a disturbing, fascinating story of a mother and daughter. But, it's the daughter's story, the atmospheric depiction of World War II, that...
Finalists for Mysterious Press Award
FINALISTS CHOSEN FOR MYSTERIOUS PRESS $25,000 AWARD; WINNER TO BE NAMED AT 2016 FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR New York, August 15, 2016 -- Otto Penzler, President and CEO of MysteriousPress.com, has announced the finalists for the inaugural Mysterious Press Award,...