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
Dying Fall by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
I only started reading the Inspector Bill Slider police procedurals in the last couple years, but I'm always eager to pick up the latest one. I'll admit though, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' Dying Fall was a little slow to get going. While Slider's team, including...
The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate
The third book in Marty Wingate's First Edition Library mystery series, The Librarian Always Rings Twice, is an intriguing story that includes an homage to Daphne du Maurier's Frenchman's Creek and an enviable collection of Golden Age Mysteries. But, this time, the...
Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan
I was late coming to Sofie Kelly's Magical Cats series, and equally late coming to the series she writes under the name Sofie Ryan. Totally Pawstruck is the ninth in the Second Chance Cat mystery series. And, I know I'm to suspend disbelief in reading a cozy...