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
What Are You Reading?
Mornings have been cold here, 32 degrees when I get up. I know my sister still has to walk her dog, but she and I haven't been going for long walks in the parks. Instead, I've been tucked in at home, reading for deadline for Library Journal. We did go to see the...
Hanging the Devil by Tim Maleeny
Tim Maleeny's latest Cape Weathers mystery takes readers to San Francisco's Chinatown, into the world of art, and to China itself. Best of all, though, Hanging the Devil takes readers on a fast-paced adventure. Eleven-year-old Grace wasn't really supposed to be at...
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died by Amanda Flower
Amanda Flower won the 2022 Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery for her first one featuring Emily Dickinson and her maid Willa Noble, I Could Not Stop for Death. Those who enjoyed the mystery that introduced the Dickinson family will welcome the sequel, I Heard...