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 on the Books by Victoria Gilbert
Somehow I missed one of the books in Victoria Gilbert's Blue Ridge Library mystery series, but I'm caught up now with her most recent one, Death on the Books. Although I had a few issues with this latest one, I still enjoy returning to the Taylorsford, Virginia...
Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
It's been a while since I read The Full Moon Coffee Shop, and I don't remember a lot about it, other than the cats. Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop is by Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jordan Taylor. This second book is set during the Christmas season when...
The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan
Archer Sullivan's second PI Annie Gore mystery, Brimstone Hollow, is due out next week, and it sounds so intriguing I wanted to go back and read the first one, The Witch's Orchard. However, I may have a hard time reading them so close together. The voice, together...