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 Bookseller by Mark Pryor
I finally read Mark Pryor's debut Hugo Marston novel from 2012. I wish I had read The Bookseller earlier, but now I have eight more books in this series to read as well as the spinoff series. The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris, also featuring Hugo Marston, is...
Dead Simple by Peter James
Dead Simple by Peter James is the first Detective Superintendent Grace novel. There are currently twenty-two books in the series set in Brighton, England. I love police procedurals, and I liked Roy Grace of the Sussex police, so I'll try the next one, although this...
February Treasures in My Closet
I promise I'm not trying to wish the year away when I post about forthcoming books a month ahead of time. Although it's been called Treasures in My Closet from the days when all these ARCs were paper, and actually were piled in my closet, nowadays most of them are...