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?
The highlight of my week was Saturday when my sister, Linda, and I attended the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival. Neither of us had ever been to it, although it's been going on for 35 years and attracts over 100,000 each year. We had a great time. I saw an Irish...
To Err is Cumin by Leslie Budewitz
I can repeat what I've said before about Leslie Budewitz' Spice Shop mysteries. They are a treat for the senses. With all the discussion of spices, food, flowers, and the use of all of them, Budewitz challenges readers to absorb her stories through their senses....
Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Because I'm such a fan of Sarah Stewart Taylor's Maggie D'Arcy mysteries set in Ireland, I was a little reluctant to try the first in a new historical mystery series set in small-town Vermont in the mid-1960s. I should have known Taylor wouldn't steer readers wrong...