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
A Ghost of a Chance by Bill Crider
The tenth book in Bill Crider's Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, A Ghost of a Chance, is my favorite so far. As a fan of cemeteries (I don't consider myself a true taphophile, though), I really enjoyed Rhodes' adventures in the local cemeteries in Blacklin County, Texas....
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Back in Black
As usual for this time of month, I'm juggling reading for Library Journal with personal reading. Thanks to Kevin Tipple for stepping up. Today, he has a review of Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories. Thank you, Kevin. Inspired by songs from the...
Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala
Before I get too far into the review of Mia P. Manansala's fifth Tita Rosie's Kitchen mystery, Guilt and Ginataan, let me mention that Ginataan is food cooked with coconut milk. Because the amateur sleuth, Lila Macapagal, is Filipino, and the co-owner of the...