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
What Are You Reading?
Rain here, but I'm not complaining. Although it's going to drop into the thirties this weekend, there's no snow and ice. I hate both of them. I'm reading a book that I didn't think I read last year when it came out, but it feels familiar. Without going back and...
Sandie’s Corner – Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo
Let's go back in time nine years. Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder mystery, Her Last Breath, came out in 2013. Sandie Herron has read all the books in the series, but I haven't yet shared all of those reviews. Her Last Breath is the fifth in the series. Thank you,...
Have You Heard? The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Because I slogged through the last book I reviewed here, and I'm also on deadline, I don't have anything to review here today. In fact, I might share a few of Sandie Herron's reviews here this week so I can catch up. Today, Sandie reviews the first Thursday Murder...