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
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! The weather might be lousy outside, low temperatures, and rain mixes with sleet, but, it's still Thursday and time to talk about "What Are You Reading?" Here's a heads-up for Kevin Tipple. I just finished Claire Booth's Dangerous Consequences, the...
Fadeout by Joseph Hansen
Joseph Hansen's first Dave Brandstetter mystery, Fadeout, was published fifty years ago in 1970. Because Soho's Syndicate Books is republishing the books, I recommend that you read this edition. If you haven't already discovered the series, you'll want to read...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Duke by Rozlan Mohd Noor
I've met my deadlines for the April issue, but I'm finishing up the book I'll review tomorrow, a classic PI novel. So, I'm taking advantage of Kevin Tipple's submitted reviews. Today, Kevin reviews the second in Rozlan Mohd Noor's Inspector Mislan series. Thank...