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 an Autographed Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of last week's contests. Richard S. from Toledo, OH won Bill Crider's Between the Living and the Dead. Terry Shames' A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge will go to Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR. Gail A. from Tulsa, OK won Craig...
Maddie Day (Edith Maxwell) at EVPL
Edith Maxwell recently appeared at the North Park Branch of the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library while she was on her Indiana book tour. She was promoting Flipped for Murder, her first mystery written under the name Maddie Day. Edith said she's always...
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
I could just sum up Nora Roberts' Stars of Fortune by saying the book will be on my top ten list for 2015. I love Roberts' trilogies. They are page-turners filled with adventure, escape, and romance. Add in the fantasy elements in this one, and the first in The...