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
July Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
I have two days of forthcoming books for you, all books scheduled for release in July. And, one of the titles is by a favorite author. I'll let you know when I get there. In the meantime, there are a number of interesting titles here. I love to start off with a...
Wedding Bel Blues by Maggie McConnon
"This place was crazier than I thought, much weirder than I remember, my family something of a bunch of oddballs with a host of secrets that they would go to great lengths to protect." When Belfast (Bel) McGrath has that realization, she doesn't know the half of...
Maggie McConnon Interview
Today, I'd like to welcome Maggie McConnon, author of Wedding Bel Blues, to the blog. So, this is a new author you have't heard of, right? Wrong. You may have heard of her as Maggie Barbieri. Either way, I'd like to introduce you to Maggie. You're a very mysterious...