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
Little White Lies
A reader recently joked that I should review books I didn't like because then she wouldn't add them to her TBR pile. Margaret Fenton's Little White Lies wasn't for me. I didn't like social worker Claire Conover at all in this third mystery in the series set in...
Midsummer Mysteries by Agatha Christie
For some of us, when nothing seems to fit our reading taste, Agatha Christie will work. Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery collects a dozen stories featuring Christie's sleuths. Of course, there's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot to kick off the...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Linda Castillo’s Hallowed Ground
Kevin Tipple caught my comment the other day that I didn't really have anything to post until May 20, and he sent me a review of Linda Castillo's latest Kate Burkholder short story, "Hallowed Ground". I appreciate it, Kevin! It is Fall as Hallowed Ground: A Kate...