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
Kim Hays’ Favorite Books of 2024
Today, it's my pleasure to welcome Kim Hays to the blog to talk about her favorite books read in 2024. Since Kim's own series has been mentioned here several times, and the fourth in the Linzer and Donatelli series, Splintered Justice, is due out in April, I'll...
What Are You Reading?
The dentist! It seems as if I've been to the dentist every week this year. Yesterday was my last appointment until June. Yay! It's definitely March in Ohio. We had beautiful sunny weather, around 60 degrees on Tuesday. Started in the 50s on Wednesday. Then we had...
Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
While I enjoyed Deanna Raybourn's Kills Well with Others, it wasn't as fresh as the first book, Killers of a Certain Age. While the idea of four female retired assassins was new at the time of the first book, it seems there's an abundance of these titles now. For...