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
I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell
Jessa Maxwell is the author of The Golden Spoon. Her second novel, I Need You to Read This, takes readers to the heyday of newspapers and advice columnists. It introduces a lonely young woman whose lifestyle leaves her a perfect victim for gaslighting. Alex Marks...
The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald
Do you remember Katarina Bivald's debut novel, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend? It came out eight years ago. Somehow, I missed her second novel, Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins. Don't make that mistake with her debut mystery, The Murders in Great...
Sunday Spotlight – Clea Simon
I met author Clea Simon years ago at a mystery conference. It's been a few years, though, since she's had a post here. And, every time I think of Clea Simon, I think of my friend, Sandie Herron, who loved Clea's mysteries about cats. Simon's latest book, Bad Boy...