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
Dark Ride by Lou Berney
It's been five years since Lou Berney's last novel, the multi-award-winning November Road. But, in Dark Ride, Berney's themes are once again children in jeopardy and the unexpected anti-hero. Hardy "Hardly" Reed is a weed-smoking, lost twenty-three-year-old who is...
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
If you've been following the adventures of the seniors from The Thursday Murder Club, prepare yourself for tears ahead of time. Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die , while still a mystery with moments of humor, also has some poignant moments that are difficult to...
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Amy Chua manages to incorporate history, social conditions, racism, and mystery in her debut mystery, The Golden Gate. Set in 1944, Chua was inspired by a ghost story about the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, California, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's year-long...