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
The Silenced by Heather Graham
I'm a sucker for Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters books. These novels feature a special team of FBI agents who have some sort of paranormal ability, usually the ability to see or hear dead people. In the course of the book, they use their connections to track...
Winners and Florida Law & Order Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Lynn L. from Rio Linda, CA won Carolyn Hart's Don't Go Home. Anne Hillerman's Rock with Wings is going to Judy S. of Hazel Green, AL. The books will go out tomorrow. We have two crime novels this week that are set...
August Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
Today, I'm leading off the August releases with my personal pick. But, Louise Penny's eleventh Chief Inspector Gamache novel would be my personal pick no matter what month it came out. I'm prejudiced, though. In The Nature of the Beast, Penny introduces us to a...