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
“Murder at Martingale Manor” by Jodi Taylor
Ten years ago, I picked Jodi Taylor's first Chronicles of St. Mary's book, Just One Damn Thing After Another, as one of my favorite books of 2016. Taylor was one of my discoveries that year. She had already written 7.6 titles (books and short stories) in the series...
The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney
I don't remember the last time I enjoyed a debut mystery so much. The Primrose Murder Society is Stacy Hackney's first adult book. She leaves room for a sequel, but I don't know if a second book would be written as well with the emotional details of a...
Never Spar with a Viscount by Lindsay Lovise
Lindsay Lovise's Never Spar with a Viscount is the third in her historical romance series, The Secret Society of Governess Spies, however it works just fine as a standalone. The reader does meet the governesses from the previous two books, but those books are still...