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
Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima
Margaret Mizushima brings back Deputy Mattie Wray and her search-and-rescue dog, Robo, in the latest in her Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series, Gathering Mist. Just days before her wedding to veterinarian Cole Walker, Deputy Mattie Wray is asked to fly to Washington's...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – It Happened One Knife by Jeffrey Cohen
I almost took most of this week off from the blog, but, as usual, Kevin Tipple came through. Thanks for the review of Jeffrey Cohen's second Comedy Tonight mystery, It Happened One Knife. It has been four months since patrons darkened the comedy tonight movie...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Ashes Never Lie by Lee Goldberg
Although I reviewed Lee Goldberg's Ashes Never Lie, it doesn't hurt to see another viewpoint. Here's Kevin Tipple's review of the book. Ashes Never Lie by Lee Goldberg picks up about a year after the events of MalibuBurning. This second book in the series also...