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
Havoc by Deborah J. Ledford
Although I never read Redemption, the first "Lightning Dance" Duran mystery by Deborah J. Ledford, that didn't prevent me from enjoying the second one, Havoc. Ledford easily slips readers into the landscape, rituals, and people of the Taos Pueblo reservation where...
Winning Can Be Murder by Bill Crider
Bill Crider's ability to combine humor with murder investigations and knowledge of various subjects continues to amaze me. In Winning Can Be Murder, the eighth in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, the subject is small-town high school football. As someone who grew up...
Haunting License by Carol J. Perry
Carol J. Perry is the author of the Witch City Mysteries, but she's also written three cozies in the Haunted Haven series set in Florida. After living in Florida for eighteen years, I have a fondness for the quirky mysteries set there. Haunting License, the third...