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
Flesh and Blood by David Mark
I have to admit I hadn't heard of David Mark's Aector McAvoy series until Mark was on the mystery panel for the LJ Day of Dialog. Flesh and Blood is the eleventh police procedural in a series set in Hull, England. Several of the books were nominated for Barry...
The Isolated Seance by Jeri Westerson
Jeri Westerson, author of the Crispin Guest series as well as the new King's Fool one, takes a different direction with The Isolated Seance, "An Irregular Detective Mystery". Remember Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street irregulars, the street urchins who ran errands and...
Winners and a Bestseller Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Sue B. from Tacoma, WA won Death by Chocolate Marshmallow Pie. Carli S. from New York City, NY will receive A Flicker of a Doubt. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away bestsellers,...