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
Death in Dark Glasses by George Bellairs
Lately, I've been picking up one of George Bellairs' Inspector Littlejohn mysteries when I need a police procedural fix. Death in Dark Glasses was available through Kindle Unlimited, so I read the seventh in the series. There's a little of everything in this book -...
The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
My notes for Alice Hoffman's short story, "The Bookstore Sisters", are almost as long as the story itself. It's the first of three stories in the Once Upon a Time Bookshop series involving two sisters and the Once Upon a Time Bookshop on Brinkley's Island, Maine....
Winners and a July Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Ruth H. from Austin, TX will receive A Midnight Puzzle. Pitch Dark will go to Nancy P. from Port St Lucie, FL. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two books that were published in...