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?
The big news this week is that Kim Hays was nominated for a Barry Award for Splintered Justice, in case you missed the blog on Tuesday. Congratulations again, Kim! As for me, it's been a quiet week again. Linda and I went to see the Tony Award-winning musical, "The...
The Harvey Girl by Dana Stabenow
It's 1890. Railroads are being robbed regularly in the New Mexico Territory. Railroad men see it as the cost of doing business. Fred Harvey, owner of the Harvey Houses, doesn't agree after a conductor is killed on a train. He hires a Pinkerton agent to go...
Congratulations to Kim Hays
Thanks to Jennifer for passing on the news that Kim Hays was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original Mystery for Splintered Justice. The winners, voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, will be announced at Bouchercon on Oct....