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
Jeremy Deller at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023
I really wanted to share Rosemary Kaye's coverage of a couple events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I'm hoping the photos come through. Those were taken by Robin Mair from The Edinburgh Reporter. Thank you, Rosemary, for your patience. ‘Did you learn...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Drummers by Tricia Fields
This week, my blog really is Kevin's Corner Annex. He has the stage until Thursday. Thank you, Kevin, for the review of Tricia Fields' The Drummers. As The Drummers: A Josie Gray Mystery by Tricia Fields begins, it is January in Artemis, Texas, andcold with...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Shots Fired by C.J. Box
C.J. Box's Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country came out in 2014, so long ago that even Box might have forgotten he wrote this. Kevin Tipple didn't forget. I appreciate it that Kevin often goes back in a body of a work for an anthology or an earlier novel....