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
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
I'm not at all happy that I have to wait a year for the second book in Nora Roberts' Lost Bride Trilogy. After reading Inheritance, I just want to find the author, and shake the next book out of her. Yes, it's that good, especially if you're a fan of Roberts'...
Guest Blogger – Wendall Thomas
It's a pleasure to welcome Wendall Thomas as guest blogger today. Wendall's fourth Cyd Redondo mystery is Cheap Trills. In Cheap Trills, Thomas sends Cyd to Bali in another fun adventure. When I reviewed the book a month ago, though (https://bit.ly/3sbAor4), I...
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day is a collection of three of her short stories that were previously published elsewhere. Her stories, like her novels, are provocative and not easily forgotten once they're read. They're evocative of Ireland, but they could be set...