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
Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb
While Stolen in Death was as complicated and terrific as any of J.D. Robb's books, the sixty-second in the series was also an uncomfortable one. Roarke's youth in Ireland as a thief comes back to haunt him, and haunts Eve Dallas even more. Eve and her husband...
A Study in Secrets by Jeffrey Siger
Jeffrey Siger is known as the bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Andeas Kaldis series set in Greece. A Study in Secrets is a departure for him and for readers, the first in his Redacted Man series. Instead of a police procedural, Siger takes readers into the...
March 2026 Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
This sounds a little crazy. Even though there are fifteen books on this post, this isn't near all of the books I have that are coming out in March. Because I haven't yet moved back home after last week's storm, I don't have access to the physical books that are...