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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Crimeucopia
No, this isn’t the same Crimeucopia short story anthology that Kevin Tipple reviewed before. This one is called Crimeucopia: The Not So Frail Detective Agency. Thank you, Kevin! Recently released by Murderous Ink Press, Crimeucopia – The Not So Frail...
Theater Kid by Jeffrey Seller
Subtitled A Broadway Memoir, Jeffrey Seller’s Theater Kid recounts his life in a poor neighborhood in the Detroit suburbs, his discovery of theater when he was in fourth grade, and his dream of escape. However, Seller’s dreams were to produce plays on...
The Crypt Thief by Mark Pryor
It took me a little longer to get into the second Hugo Marston novel by Mark Pryor, The Crypt Thief. The first book, The Bookseller, was more personal to Marston. It was a friend of his who was killed. But, once again, murder and politics are entwined, and Marston...