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
Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough
I love the discovery of a debut novel. Patrice McDonough's Murder by Lamplight is a fast-paced, fascinating historical mystery set in Victorian England in 1866. It features two protagonists who have been through rough times. Despite their differences, they're able...
The Last Word by Gerri Lewis
I love the debut of a new mystery series, with new characters and new possibilities. An obituary writer as the amateur sleuth is new, at least for me. I sighed while reading about Winter Snow in Gerri Lewis' The Last Word. However, her Too Stupid To Live moments,...
Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O’Connor
Carlene O'Connor specializes in interesting characters in her tenth Irish Village Mystery, Murder at an Irish Chipper. (A chipper is a shop that sells fish and chips.) Siobhan O'Sullivan's entire family is included in that cast of interesting characters. A year...