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
I Didn’t Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks
A personal comment before the review of Jaime Lynn Hendricks' I Didn't Do It. My reviews have always been my personal opinion. I know there are books that I liked or disliked, and others will have the opposite opinion. In fact, I love to see readers who say my...
The Poisoner’s Ring by Kelley Armstrong
I liked Kelley Armstrong's second Rip Through Time novel, The Poisoner's Ring, even more than I liked the first one. Armstrong examines women's roles in 1869 Edinburgh, contrasts women's rights in Scotland with that of England at the time, and examines life through...
The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh
Honestly? I don't know if the cover of Bridget Walsh's debut historical mystery, The Tumbling Girl, does it justice. I don't know if I'd read much of the background if I saw it on a library or bookstore shelf. However, it launches a fascinating new Victorian...