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
Death Scene by Carol J. Perry
I love Carol J. Perry's Witch City cozy mysteries. I will admit I guessed the killer in the first third of the book, but there are a few cozy series I read for the characters and setting rather than the mystery itself. So, it didn't really matter to me that the...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – “Girls’ Night Out” by J.A. Jance
I have to say, Kevin Tipple is certainly honest with his book reviews. I enjoyed his review of J.A. Jance's novella, "Girls' Night Out" more than Kevin enjoyed the story. He can have a wicked sense of humor. Thank you, Kevin, for your honest opinion. Girl’s Night...
This Place of Silence by Ian Adams, Randall Lee Schieber and Robin L. Smith
I raved about this book on Thursday. Now that I've finished This Place of Silence: Ohio's Cemeteries and Burial Grounds, I haven't changed my opinion. This beautifully photographed book, with text by Robin L. Smith, combines two of my interests, cemeteries and...