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
Winners and Crime Fiction Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Tracey P. from Westerville, OH and Patrick M. from York Beach, ME won the copies of The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. This week, I have two crime novels to give...
What Are You Reading?
It's been a rough week, hasn't it? Last Thursday, everything was still normal. I don't live in one of the areas hit by Hurricane Helene, but I'm still in shock. My family knows people or knows of people who were affected, several who lost everything. I hope you're...
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
Maxie Dara's debut SCYTHE mystery wasn't at all what I expected. A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer was better than I expected with more humor and a lot more love. Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divorce, and six months pregnant with her ex's baby. The only...