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
What Are You Reading?
Well, this week, I've been doing all things British, watching so much of the ceremony around Queen Elizabeth's death and funeral, and King Charles. I've always been interested, reading British mysteries and novels. This week has just been an extension of that. How...
Five Moves of Doom by A.J. Devlin
Of all the books I review, A.J. Devlin's "Hammerhead" Jed mysteries are the ones that probably seem the most unlikely for me to read. But, Five Moves of Doom is the third in the series, and I've read all of them. "Hammerhead" Jed is an unlikely hero, possibly an...
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Most of us recognize Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth. I preferred her over Hercule Poirot. Now, twelve authors from several countries try their hand at short stories in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries. Readers will recognize many of the names - Lucy...