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
Castle Deadly, Castle Deep by Veronica Bond
There's just something about Veronica Bond's Dinner and a Murder series that appeals to me. I don't know if it's the castle setting in a small town near Chicago. It might be that the actors in the Castle Dark theater provide a permanent cast of recurring...
Favorites of 2022, So Far
You have a choice. You can either skip straight to the list of favorite books, or you can read through my political statement. I chose to run this list on Independence Day. I know of a number of women who are choosing not to observe Independence Day this year,...
A Fatal Booking by Victoria Gilbert
Sometimes, three books in a series are enough. I'm not sure if Victoria Gilbert is going to continue the series after A Fatal Booking,, the third Booklover's B&B Mystery, but this one was enough for me. I was a little disappointed in the heroine's decision at...