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 at the Jubilee Rally by Terry Shames
Terry Shames' last Samuel Craddock mystery, A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary, came out in 2019. I couldn't be happier that Severn House picked up the series. Shames' latest, Murder at the Jubilee Rally, proves that neither she nor Craddock have missed a...
Righteous Prey by John Sandford
If you're a John Sandford fan, is there anything better than a novel that unites Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers? Righteous Prey has all the witty comments and humor that only comes when two men work as a team. It's what I loved about Robert B Parker's books...
The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle
Jack Shepard is back! Well, the rest of Cleo Coyle's cast is, too, but the ghost of Jack Shepard, the private detective killed on the site of a Rhode Island bookstore, is the biggest draw for me in Coyle's Haunted Bookshop mystery series. And, to be honest, Jack's...