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
April Treasures in My Closet
Are you ready to talk about April book releases? When I talk about book releases a month ahead of time, I hope you realize I do that because library users can get their holds placed on books, and, if you buy your books, you can watch for the ones that interest you....
Sandie’s Corner – The Devil’s Bed by William Kent Krueger
While I finish my April Treasures in My Closet post, Sandie Herron has a review of William Kent Krueger's standalone, The Devil's Bed. It's twenty years old, but, hopefully, no one has seen fit to use "sensitivity readers" and redo the book. Thank you, Sandie. THE...
These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac
E.C.R. Lorac provides clues right there in the title of her Golden Age mystery, These Names Make Clues, if you're clever enough to pick up on them. I wasn't. Fortunately, Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard was on the scene when one of the murders...