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
New York City, Again
My sister, Linda, and I already had our tickets for a show, and our flight to New York, when I was told I was the recipient of the Raven Award. I don't usually go to NY three times in six weeks. This trip was phenomenal, though. We flew on American from Columbus,...
Home Again!
I'm back. But, it's 8:00 Monday night. I still have a load of wash in the dryer, and I drove 5 hours today, plus the eight hours my sister drove from New York to her place yesterday. That means I'm tired, and I'll write about my trip for Wednesday's blog. We had a...
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry
While Tamara Berry's first By the Book mystery, Buried in a Good Book, has a few more body parts than many cozies, it still fits that category. And, thriller writer Tess Harrow, with the multiple guesses as to a killer, is not quite as adept as her...