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
Christmas Mystery Giveaway
Now, are you ready for Christmas mysteries since Thanksgiving is over? You can enter to win two that were released this month. If you win, you can keep the book, or give it as a gift. Better yet, read it carefully, and THEN give it as a gift. (Well, not really. If...
Happy Thanksgiving
I have so much to be thankful for in 2015. But, it all starts with family, and the time I was lucky enough to spend with them this year. The trip to New York City with Mom and my sisters is one I'll never forget. I made a trip home in August, had lunch with Linda...
The Wedding Tree by Robin Wells
It's probably the best recommendation I can give women's fiction; recommended to my mother. I think she'll appreciate Robin Wells' epic novel, The Wedding Tree. At 91, Adelaide McCauley is ready to die when she finds herself looking down from the ceiling in...