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
Peppermint Barked by Leslie Budewitz
Leslie Budewitz' Spice Shop mysteries are somewhere on the spectrum between cozy mystery and hardboiled ones. Peppermint Barked, with its recipes and holiday-themed book cover, tends toward the cozy end. But, Budewitz' books have a depth of character that is often...
The Wedding Plot by Paula Munier
If you haven't read the previous three books featuring veteran Mercy Carr, and her bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, you must have ignored my reviews. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in Paula Munier's series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and deservedly...
The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander
I wish I could remember who recommends a book to me when I love it. It's usually not a mystery because I'm up-to-date with those. It's usually just a good story, such as Poppy Alexander's The Littlest Library. I "think" it might have been Kaye Wilkinson Barley who...