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
A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay
Would you believe a mystery about a librarian starts with a delivery of books to an island, picks up speed, and never lets up the suspense?You'll probably say, "A Likely Story". Just the name of Jenn McKinlay's latest Library Lover's mystery, A Likely Story....
November Cozy Mysteries from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
No Jinx this month. He's been off taking a nap when I filmed the last couple months. But, there are lots of cozy mysteries to talk about, November releases from Penguin's Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian. Here's the extensive list of forthcoming mysteries, due...
Flipped for Murder by Maddie Day
Maddie Day's Flipped for Murder launches a cozy mystery series that's slightly different from a number of popular ones today. Day's characters are realistic, rather than the quirky ones often found in small-town mysteries. And, her amateur sleuth doesn't set out to...