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
From Here to Home by Marie Bostwick
Three years ago, in Between Heaven and Texas, Marie Bostwick told Mary Dell Templeton's story. Now, she moves that storyline forward thirty years in From Here to Home. Mary Dell was one of a long line of strong women from Too Much, Texas. When her son, Howard,...
Terrible Virtue by Ellen Feldman
Ellen Feldman, a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of five previous novels, including Scottsboro, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and Next to Love. Now, she takes on the story of Margaret Sanger, the woman who fought so hard for...
The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton
When Delaney Nichols lost her job at a small museum in Kansas, she had no idea she would end up in Edinburgh, Scotland in the middle of a murder mystery. But, then, she had answered an ad for "a bold adventurer". Paige Shelton introduces the intrepid amateur sleuth in...