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
One of My Readers
One of my blog readers takes my suggestions seriously. The book is The Oxford Guide to Scandals and Lies by Kate Westbury. Thanks to my great-nephew for showing how much he's enjoying the library book. (Used by permission of his parents. I would never share a child's...
What Are You reading?
I've been in Evansville, Indiana this week, spending time with my best friend, Donna, and her husband, Terry. Terry's a cook, like my brother-in-law, so we've enjoyed homemade meals at their house every night. I drove in on Monday, had dinner with them that evening,...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Dark Harbor by Bruce Robert Coffin
Well, Kevin Tipple convinced me. I have the first book in Bruce Robert Coffin's series, Crimson Thaw, on a TBR pile at home. Since I'm out of town today, Kevin is reviewing Bruce Robert Coffin's latest Detective Justice novel, Dark Harbor. Thank you, Kevin. Dark...