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
Winners and Give Me an S Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaways. The New York Times bestseller, Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell, goes to Margie B. from San Jose, CA. David Rosenfelt's Hounded is going to Robin C. of Ashtabula, OH. Lisa G. from Pensacola Beach, FL won...
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella
I have a friend who listens to the audios of the books written by mother-daughter team Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. As much as I enjoyed their new book, I'm guessing she's right. It's probably even funnier when the two of them read the essays...
After the Storm by Linda Castillo
It takes a tornado to uncover the past and reveal raw emotions in Linda Castillo's strongest entry yet in her Kate Burkholder series. After the Storm is a gritty, intricately plotted story, that begins with a catastrophe that leads to turmoil. Painters Mill...