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
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
Sometimes, a traditional mystery from the British Library Crime Classics series is perfect in troubled times. E.C.R. Lorac's Fell Murder, set in Lunsedale, just south of the Lake District in England, introduces Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard. Yes,...
DreadfulWater by Thomas King
It was a short story that led me to Thomas King's DreadfulWater series, and, after reading the first book in the series, DreadfulWater, I've already ordered the second one. Although Thumps DreadfulWater is no longer a homicide detective, he's caught up in a murder...
Winners and A Give Me a “P” Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The Shadow of Memory will go to Elisabeth W. from Pearland, TX. Carol V. of Lake Stevens, WA won Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, it's a Give Me a...