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
“One Day More”
I'm off today, so I have one day more of reading. I do have a book review scheduled for tomorrow, and this extra day should give me time to read and review several more books. Enjoy your own week! As I said, I have a review up tomorrow, but I hope you stop by on...
Gone Reading
If ever there was an image of my summer days as a kid, that's it. Yes, I spent lots of time outside with my sisters, but I also spent entire days on my bed reading enormous books. I read three Wizard of Oz books in one day. I had such a headache at the end of the...
Movieland by Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg's fourth Eve Ronin mystery, Movieland, is fast-paced and riveting. While Ronin is still the focus, it's her partner, Detective Duncan Pavone, who goes rogue this time. What can the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department do when Duncan is two weeks from...