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
Steeped to Death by Gretchen Rue
Sometimes, the cover art is better than the mystery itself. That's not the case with the first book in Gretchen Rue's Witches' Brew Mystery series, Steeped to Death. Rue gives us one of the best amateur sleuths I've read in a cozy mystery series in quite some time....
Winners & An Island Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bark to the Future is going to Bill T. from St. Clair Shores, MI. The Lost will be heading to Lynn L. fro Rio Linda, CA. The books are going out in the mail tomorrow. This week, our mysteries are taking us to...
What Are You Reading?
I hope some of you have some newsy tidbits, weather, trips, whatever to share, because I have nothing. So, I'm just going to jump into the book I'm currently reading. Winter's End is the fourth Alaska Wild mystery by Paige Shelton. It doesn't come out until...