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
Murder on 34th Street by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks' historical mystery, Murder on 34th Street, could as easily have been called Magic on 34th Street. Fredericks, a New York native and a history major in college, brings 1932 New York City to life with the magic of Macy's as seen through the eyes of...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Fury in Death by J.D. Robb
I'm almost out of Kevin Tipple's reviews, but I still have one for Fury in Death by J.D. Robb. It's a good day to share that. Thanks, Kevin! It is September 2061 as Fury in Death by J.D. Robb begins, and Eve Dallas, a Lieutenant in the Homicide Division of NYSPD, has...
What Are You Reading?
As a reader, I'm a little melancholy. I'm sorry. Three authors, Jeffrey Archer, Peter May, and Mark Pryor, are not supposed to die within three weeks. I wasn't as shocked at the deaths of Archer and May, but Mark Pryor was only 59. Way too young. That's enough. Too...