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 European Giveaway
Congratulations to the winner of the Anne Cleeland giveaway. Susan R. from Nashville, TN won, and Cleeland will be sending her a personalized set of the Action/Doyle mysteries. Enjoy! I have two mysteries set in Europe to give away this week, one much darker than...
What Are You Reading?
I have a pile of books that I'm sampling this week, but the one I'm carrying with me to work is Jayne Ann Krentz' Secret Sisters. I used to read her books on a regular basis, but when I looked back at the blog, I must not have read one of her novels in over...
To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton
Paige Shelton, author of the Farmers' Market Mysteries, as well as one of my favorite series, the Country Cooking School Mysteries, launches a new series with To Helvetica and Back. And, everything in this book lines up perfectly for success. Clare Henry and...