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
Winners and a Cozy Shop Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Sherilyn L. from Marietta, GA won Invisible City by Julia Dahl. Shannon J. of Evansdale, IA will receive Rhys Bowen's City of Darkness and Light. I'll mail the books tomorrow. This week, I'm giving away two cozy...
To Dance, To Dream by Maxine Drury
Maxine Drury's To Dance, To Dream was written fifty years ago. When I first read it, almost that long ago, I fell in love with the stories of ballet and the remarkable stars of the ballet. Reading it again, a gift from my sister, Linda, the book still has the power...
Blood Sweep by Steven F. Havill
Every time I read one of Steven F. Havill's Posadas County mysteries, I lament the fact that not enough people know about these marvelous police procedurals. If you like Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire books, you really should try this series set in a small New...