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
Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique
After Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, it seems that seniors are the hottest sleuths. It's not very wise to underestimate them. It's certainly not wise to assume that seventy-five-year-old Ethel Fiona Crestwater is a sweet little lady who runs a...
Winners and A Bibliophile Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Andi D. from Phoenix, AZ won Witchful Thinking. Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV will receive Witch and Famous. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two books set in the book world....
What Are You Reading?
It was a tough week for mystery lovers, first the death of Peter Robinson, and, then earlier this week, we lost Angela Lansbury. Fortunately, we have their bodies of work to help us through. Would you believe I never read one of Robinson's books? I'm not sure when...