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
Winners & Give Me a “C” Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Ozark Dogs. Ann H. from Pocatello, ID will receive Hard Rain. I'm putting the books in the mail on Saturday. This week, it's a Give Me a "C" giveaway. Alafair Burke was writing with...
What ARe You Reading?
I'm sorry. I haven't been around this week. I was in Columbus, Ohio, looking for a place to live since I'm planning to move there in September or October after I retire. Speaking of weather, it was lousy there, low 40s, rain or drizzle, and wind sometimes. Drove...
The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick
It's been years since I read one of Amanda Quick's romantic mysteries, and I hadn't read any set in Burning Cove, California in the 1930s. If The Bride Wore White is an example, I should have been reading these fast-paced novels all along. "Intuition warned her for...