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
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
Harini Nagendra takes readers to Bangalore, India in 1921 in her debut mystery, The Bangalore Detectives Club. It's an excellent traditional mystery that introduces us to a country twenty-five years before its independence, a country where class structure is still...
Sound of Darkness by Heather Graham
We all know Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters books are my book addiction. I read every new book as if I was scarfing down a box of chocolates. Sound of Darkness is no exception. It kicks off a new trilogy within the series, and that's one thing I enjoy about the...
Winner & A Travel Giveaway
Congratulations to the winner of Ellen Byron's Bayou Book Thief. Kay K. from Fort Collins, CO won the book, and she'll be receiving her copy through Ellen. It seems that so many of us are getting itchy feet after a two-year lockdown. So, this week, I'm giving away...