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?
I have to say I'm really just writing this as fast as I can before the server crashes again. It has been down more than it's been up since Sunday. One day, I couldn't write my blog. Several days, I couldn't read it until late in the day. I'm sorry if it's been a...
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
If the Miss Marple mysteries by Agatha Christie hadn't been redesigned, I probably wouldn't have gone back to read the early books. I love the cover of The Body in the Library. And, there's so much I missed when I first read these books when I was in high...
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Are you ready for the third Thursday Murder Club Mystery? I'll admit Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed starts slowly. But, let's face it. Many of us read the books for the characters as much as the mystery itself. This time, I really didn't care about the cold...