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 Grim Steeper by Gretchen Rue
It's hard to go wrong with a cozy mystery featuring a tea shop/bookstore, a bookstore cat, and a witch. The Grim Steeper is the third in Gretchen Rue's Witches' Brew series. I like the setting, a small town in Washington. I also like the characters, Phoebe...
Sick to Death by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Sick to Death is Andrew Welsh-Huggins' eighth mystery featuring private investigator Andy Hayes, but you don't have to have read any of the previous ones to enjoy this one. Welsh-Huggins provides enough of Hayes' background to satisfy readers, and he jumps right...
Sunday Spotlight – Laura Jensen Walker
Tuesday, September 10 is release day for Laura Jensen Walker's Nightingale Mystery, Death of a Flying Nightingale. It's my pleasure to welcome her to the blog for Sunday Spotlight. She can introduce herself and her new book. Thank you, Laura! Tell us about Laura...