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
The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions by Art Taylor
I don't know if anyone writing today has won more awards for his short fiction than Art Taylor. According to his website, "He won the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story for “English 398: Fiction Workshop,” originally published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine,...
Before I Sleep by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
I'm always eager to return to Bill Slider's world in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' series. Before I Sleep is the twenty-fourth in the series, and it's just as delightful as a British police procedural as all the earlier ones. It's never a good sign when Detective Chief...
Chalice of Darkness by Sarah Rayne
Violence and murder and old tragedies. How about a historical mystery featuring a leading theatre family in London that is also a family of thieves? Sarah Rayne's Chalice of Darkness, featuring the Fitzglens, promises all of that. The Fitzglens are a leading...