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
Winners & Murders in the 1800s
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Linda G. from Durham, NC won Murder at Mallowan Hall. Katherine H. from Rhinelander, WI will receive Peril at Pennington Manor. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I have two mysteries set in the...
What Are You Reading?
First, I'll check in and say I went to see "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" last Sunday, and loved it. It's a quiet, good movie. Lesley Manville was perfect in the role. And, the clothes! Oh, my gosh! The movie is set in 1958, and the dresses were stunning. Thank you,...
The Retreat by Sarah Pearse
In the case of Sarah Pearse's The Retreat, I may be glad I didn't read the previous book in the series, The Sanatorium. A fellow librarian said she loved the earlier book, and couldn't get into this one. I didn't have that problem because I hadn't read the earlier...