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
Murder By Definition by Con Lehane
While the fourth 42nd Street Library Mystery by Con Lehane doesn't spend a lot of time in the library, it does spend quite a bit of time with favorite support characters, bartender Brian McNulty and homicide detective Mike Cosgrove. Of course, it's Raymond Ambler,...
Winter’s End by Paige Shelton
For the fourth time, Paige Shelton takes readers back to Benedict, Alaska where author Beth Rivers is hiding from the man who kidnapped her just over a year earlier. Beth's survived a year in Benedict, and it's Winter's End. Beth was responsible for finding homes...
City of Fortune by Victoria Thompson
I love a good con novel. Although City of Fortune is Victoria Thompson's sixth Counterfeit Lady novel, you don't have to have read previous ones to catch up quickly with the characters. The plot itself stands alone. But, it's the three main characters, Elizabeth...