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
Trick or Deceit by Shelley Freydont
No town observes holidays the way Celebration Bay, New York, does. The residents pull out all the stops. This time, though, in Shelley Freydont's Trick or Deceit, someone wants to ruin Halloween. A vandalized haunted house is one thing. But, event planner Liv...
Bouchercon – Post 2
My biggest regret about Bouchercon? I didn't get pictures of some of my friends! Darn. I was enjoying the company of Kaye Wilkinson Barley, Chantelle Aimee Osman, Aubrey Hamilton, Kristopher Zgorski, Dru Ann Love, Maddee James, Hilary Davidson, Janet Rudolph, and...
Bouchercon – Post 1
It was a terrific flight on Southwest on Wednesday, flying from Nashville to Baltimore, and then on to Raleigh. The first person I met at the hotel was Hank Phillippi Ryan, who was checking in when I was. I FINALLY met Kaye Wilkinson Barley, who was my...