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
See Also Murder by Larry D. Sweazy
See also: one of the best mysteries I've read in quite a while. Larry D. Sweazy is an award-winning author of westerns, but the first of his Marjorie Trumaine mysteries is a winner as well. See Also Murder introduces an unusual amateur sleuth, and puts her into a...
July Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
Some people may think the second book on today's list should be the highlighted title. But, since I'm highlighting the ones I'm most anticipating, here's my pick, a crime novel. Brad Parks' latest Carter Ross novel is The Fraud. Investigative reporter Carter Ross...
July Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
I didn't do the July Treasures in My Closet post because I was in New York, and didn't have time ahead of time. But, one of my readers, Cindy, asked if I would still post it. It was a compliment to be asked, especially when Cindy said I post some titles here that...