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
Class Clown by Dave Barry
The title of Dave Barry's latest New York Times bestseller is almost as long as the book itself, Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up. However, the book is more serious than you'd expect from that title....
What Are You Reading?
Just to let you know I have an appointment this morning, so I won't be around until late in the morning. But, I'm looking forward to seeing what you're reading this week, and what you've been doing. Even if I didn't like Murder in the Grotto, I'm willing to take a...
Murder in the Grotto by Amy Myers
How can a fan of cozy mysteries pass up one that calls itself "A British Stately Home Mystery"? When it involves a ghost hunt and a cafe called the Happy Huffkin Cafe? I was all in for Amy Myers' Murder in the Grotto. Unfortunately, there was very little that...