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
Favorites of 2015
I always wait until the end of the year. What if I read something incredible in the last couple weeks of the year, and I've already posted my picks? And, that happened this year, so I'm glad I waited. Here's my top 10 of 2015, the books I most enjoyed reading. As...
Book Confession Time
"Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa." Well, it's book confession time. I may have just said it's my fault, but I wrote a strong letter to author Anne Cleeland telling her it's her fault I haven't yet finished her third book, Murder in Hindsight. I was...
Murder in Retribution by Anne Cleeland
I'm in agreement with the reviewers who call Anne Cleeland's New Scotland Yard mysteries original. These clever stories feature two fascinating, reclusive police detectives whose personal lives are even more intriguing than their cases. And, the more Doyle learns...