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
A Crime Classics Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away two story collections of crime classics. The first book is Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories by John Creasey, writing as J.J. Marric. It's the first time all the short stories featuring Scotland Yard Detective George Gideon...
What Are You Reading?
Good morning or afternoon! I'm in Williamsburg, VA for one more day with my Mom and a sister. We're heading home on Friday. In the meantime, I'm going to leave today's book discussion up to all of you. Thank you for stepping up. I probably won't get a chance to...
The Medici Murders by David Hewson
Since I won't even be home from vacation until tomorrow, I certainly haven't had time to put together the November Treasures in My Closet post. Expect that next Saturday, October 8. I'll work on it this week. In the meantime, David Hewson introduces a new series...