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.
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Week Off

Week Off

I need this right now. I'm up at my Mom's for the next few weeks, and I'm on deadline this week. Naturally, I'm frantically reading. And, then I hope to do some reading for me. I have a couple Christmas books I'd like to find time to read. So, I'm taking off until...

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Dec 15, 2024

Marcia Clark & Trial by Ambush

Marcia Clark & Trial by Ambush

Marcia Clark was the most recent guest author at The Poisoned Pen. She's the last guest author of 2024, so you might want to catch her discussion of her latest book, a nonfiction book called Trial by Ambush. There are still a few signed copies available through the...

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Dec 13, 2024