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
A Surprise for Christmas, edited by Martin Edwards
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries is the fourth collection of short stories with a wintry theme published as part of the British Library Crime Classics series. Martin Edwards is once again the editor, providing the introduction and background...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to Thursday at Lesa's. On today's menu, per Rick's request, eggnog. For those of us who don't like eggnog (me), I can also serve Harney & Sons Hot Apple Spice tea, or sparkling cider. And, of course, there are book chats as entertainment. In fact, let's...
Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings by Liz Ireland
Just an off-the-wall thought. I have problems with romances in which there are too many misunderstandings. There are tropes in some cozy mysteries that I object to - the romantic triangle that goes on too long; the amateur sleuth who ignores her business for the...