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 Christmas Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the Ashton Lee two-packs of Cherry Cola Book Club books. I'm mailing the books to Jeannette M. from Ventura, CA, and Linda R. of Dickinson, TX. 'Tis the season to give away Christmas books so they'll arrive in December. This week,...
What Are You Reading?
Let's talk. What are you reading today? I'm halfway through All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. I'm a sucker for mysteries involving cold cases, which is why I'm reading the second in the series featuring television producer Laurie Moran....
A Lesson in Hope by Philip Gulley
Only Philip Gulley can put a pastor in the kind of predicaments faced by Sam Gardner. Whether it's family or the members of his meeting, they find ways to confound poor Sam. Gulley's novels about the Quaker pastor are funny, touching, and warm. There's always...