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
Deus X by Stephen Mack Jones
I read Stephen Mack Jones' fourth August Snow mystery, Deus X, twice. It was just as good the second time around. Jones manages to tell an engrossing story dealing with organized religion while also handling found family in a violent, sometimes humorous account....
Calico by Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg's Calico might be harder to summarize and review than even Louise Penny's books. There's not a good way to describe this book without spoilers, but I'm going to try. Beth McDade is a former LAPD detective. After the scandal she was involved in, the...
Buckeye Book Fair
I don't think I missed much yesterday by going to Wooster to the Buckeye Book Fair instead of watching the Ohio State Buckeyes' football game. Instead, I was able to spend some time with mystery authors. Oh, the fair wasn't all mystery authors. There were about 100...