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
The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle
Jack Shepard is back! Well, the rest of Cleo Coyle's cast is, too, but the ghost of Jack Shepard, the private detective killed on the site of a Rhode Island bookstore, is the biggest draw for me in Coyle's Haunted Bookshop mystery series. And, to be honest, Jack's...
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
Agatha Award-winning author Mia P. Manansala takes readers back to Shady Palms, Illinois for a third mystery filled will family crisis and drama in Blackmail and Bibingka. As in Manansala's previous mysteries, it's also filled with Filipino foods, customs, and,...
Funeral Train by Laurie Loewenstein
When I reviewed Laurie Loewenstein's Death of a Rainmaker in 2018, I considered it one of the best books I read that year, and it went on Library Journal's Best Books list. Funeral Train, the sequel, is another atmospheric novel, although it doesn't seem to have...