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
A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is probably best known for her Rockton series, but her new time travel mystery, A Rip Through Time, marks the debut of a new series. It's going to remind some readers of Julie McElwain's Kendra Donovan books, but it's a different time period, a...
Forgiveness by Joe Lee
It's unusual for me to review a graphic novel. Even when the illustrations are in black and white, as these are, I have a difficult time visually reading graphic novels. But, Joe Lee's Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of the Auschwitz Twin Experiments...
Fly Girl by Ann Hood
I've read all three of Ann Hood's previous memoirs, and one of her novels, so of course I picked up Fly Girl. Hood's just about the same age as I am, so while I was heading off to grad school and my first professional job as a librarian, she was heading to Breech...