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
We Should Not Be Friends by Will Schwalbe
Will Schwalbe, the author of The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living, now turns his attention to an unlikely friendship. Schwalbe, who thought he had all the friends he needed in college, all the literary geeks and lesbians and gay men like him, found...
Murder at an Irish Bakery by Carlene O’Connor
The ninth in Carlene O'Connor's Irish Village mystery series, Murder at an Irish Bakery, is my favorite in the series. There are several reasons. First, I didn't feel overwhelmed by all of the members of Garda Siobhan O'Sullivan's family. And, the baking...
Death in Irish Accents by Catie Murphy
I haven't read all of the Dublin Driver mysteries, but I think I've read enough. Like Megan Malone's girlfriend, Jelena, in Death in Irish Accents, the fourth investigation in as many books was enough for me. It's no wonder people are calling Megan "the murder...