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
What Are You Reading?
It was a good week here. Last Friday, I moderated a Mystery Panel for Library Journal's Day of Dialog. The authors on the panel were Sara Paretsky, Lisa Gardner, Kellye Garrett, Kemper Donovan and Francis Spufford. Terrific panelists. We taped the panel, and it...
Dangerous Women by Mark de Castrique
If Mark de Castrique's first mystery featuring retired FBI agent Ethel Fiona Crestwater, Secret Lives, was a little too confusing with all the cryptocurrency, try the second book, Dangerous Women. It's hard not to fall under the sway of the resourceful...
Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O’Connor
While I enjoy Carlene O'Connor's Irish Village mysteries, and her last one, Murder at an Irish Bakery, was the best yet, I'm drawn to her darker County Kerry series. Some of Us Are Looking is the second one to feature Irish veterinarian Dimpna Wilde and Detective...