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
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Sometimes, the shortest books are the most difficult to read emotionally. That's probably one reason Claire Keegan's novel Small Things Like These won the 2022 Orwell Prize for fiction earlier in the week. I picked up the book when I read an article in Books &...
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
I finally got around to this book after it appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. I've had it on my TBR pile for a while. But, I read it earlier this week, and sobbed so much over it that my cat, Josh, climbed into my lap to check on me. Ashley Poston's...
Winners & Murders in the 1800s
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Linda G. from Durham, NC won Murder at Mallowan Hall. Katherine H. from Rhinelander, WI will receive Peril at Pennington Manor. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I have two mysteries set in the...