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
Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories by John Creasey (J.J. Marric)
For the first time, all of the short stories written by John Creasey under the name J.J. Marric have been collected in one volume, Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories. And, there's really no one more prepared to introduce the collection than Martin...
The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony
Gretchen Anthony's The Book Haters' Book Club is called a love letter to book sellers and librarians, and it includes actual book recommendations. For those of us who love stories about bookstores, this one can feel as if you dove into a slightly dysfunctional...
Murder on the Vine by Camilla Trinchieri
If you're a fan of David P. Wagner's Italian mysteries, you might want to sample Camillia Trinchieri's Tuscan Mysteries. Murder on the Vine is the third in the series. With the addition of a character list, you can easily pick up the stories about the regular...