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
What Are You Reading?
Thank heavens that Kevin Tipple reminded me that about Thursday. I've been reading two books for Library Journal, and one book for myself, and I totally forgot to write the post for "What Are You Reading?" So, all I've really been doing this week is reading. My TV...
Catch Your Death by Lissa Marie Redmond
Over the years, I've read most of Lissa Marie Redmond's Cold Case Investigation mysteries, set in Buffalo, Iceland, Ireland. I've followed Buffalo Police Detective Lauren Riley wherever she went with her intriguing cases. In Catch Your Death, she goes no further...
Whisper Room by Thomas Kies
Thomas Kies follows his Sue Grafton Award nominee, Shadow Hill, with another compelling mystery featuring Geneva Chase, a crime reporter whose drinking cost her a career. Now, the journalist is working freelance in her Connecticut hometown. It's a call from the...