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 Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Amy Chua manages to incorporate history, social conditions, racism, and mystery in her debut mystery, The Golden Gate. Set in 1944, Chua was inspired by a ghost story about the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, California, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's year-long...
Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman
September. Isn't this when we all start thinking of Christmas mysteries? Maybe not, but I'm always ready for an Agatha Christie-style mystery set in an isolated location. Katharine Schellman's Murder at Midnight just happens to fall during the Christmas season. Lily...
Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manasala
Murder and Mamon is the fourth in Mia P. Manasala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen series. This one, though, is a little different from the other books, ones that introduce the Filipino-American food and culture. Although, there is still a good deal of food in this one, some of...