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
Book Chat – April’s Cozy Mysteries from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
Just a glimpse of Josh this month. Jinx was there for a second, but didn't stay. I hope you enjoy the book chat without cats! Here are this month's titles. Breach of Crust - Ellery Adams (5th Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery) Bittersweet - Susan Wittig Albert...
Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper
Marla Cooper combines cozy mystery, exotic wedding locations and fun characters in what is undoubtedly the first in a new series, Terror in Taffeta. Wedding planner Kelsey McKenna normally enjoys planning destination weddings. But, the wedding in San Miguel de...
Disappearing Ink by Travis McDade
"He was quite possibly the least sneaky book thief in the history of the crime, and yet he kept getting away with it." If a fiction writer wrote about David Breithaupt's ten years of theft from Kenyon College's Olive and Chalmers Library, everyone would say a...