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
A Note between Reviews – Steven F. Havill, RIP
I hadn't seen it, but Cindy D., one of our readers here, sent me a note, along with Steven F. Havill's obituary. He was the author of the Posadas County mysteries, wonderful stories set in New Mexico. I only met him once at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore. Although he...
The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor
I've read most of Mark Pryor's Hugo Marston mysteries this year. Now that I've read the seventh one, The Sorbonne Affair, I'm more satisfied with his relationship with his friend Tom Green. Although the story from their past is the secondary plot in this book, it's...
The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor by Lucy Connelly
If you're a fan of Lucy Connelly's Scottish Isle mysteries, you might want to check out her series set in Wales. Like the other series, this one brings an American to a new location and job. In the Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor, Dr. Gwen Griffiths returns to...