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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – First Chance by Kasey Lansdale
I am saving most of Kevin Tipple's reviews for next week when I'll need a few since I'm going to visit a friend. But, he sent this one featuring a new-to-me author, Kasey Lansdale. Since I just started a debut historical mystery, and historicals take me longer to...
Fury in Death by J.D. Robb
In all my years reading crime fiction, I don't think I've ever cried before for the killer. I felt just as Eve Dallas did in J.D. Robb's sixty-third In Death book, Fury in Death. I felt sorry for the killer, and I was angry at the victims. If you read the book, I...
Fighting Edge by Margaret Mizushima
Fighting Edge may be my favorite of Margaret Mizushima's Timber Creek K-9 mysteries. Although the story becomes personal to Timber Creek K-9 officer, Deputy Mattie Walker, this one is a more straightforward police procedural than some of the other stories in the...