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?
It's been a pretty good week here. I'm teaching the second of two Readers' Advisory classes at work today, and I love to do that. I've watched a coupled webinars as publishers are talking about their winter releases. And, I went to a new doctor, who is terrific. I...
Nail’s Crossing by Kris Lackey
Somewhere buried in Kris Lackey's first Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond mystery, Nail's Crossing, is a plot. That plot is underneath so many chase scenes that I lost count, including one chase scene with Maytubby piloting an airplane. But, I did like Maytubby, Bond,...
Sandie’s Corner – Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger's Fox Creek leads library holds throughout the country this week. It's the nineteenth book in the Cork O'Connor series. Although I read it several months ago for Library Journal, I'm not the expert on this series that Sandie Herron is. Sandie...