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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Good Day for Chardonnay
Of course, I'm on deadline. It happens every month. Kevin Tipple's reviews sent several of you to pick up the books he recommended, so I asked him to step in with another review. This one is A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones. Thank you, Kevin! A Good Day...
Jane Austen’s Lost Letters by Jane K. Cleland
Jane Austen's Lost Letters is the fourteenth Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery by Jane K. Cleland. I've read all of them, beginning with Consigned to Death in 2006. I introduced my sisters to the series because the combination of Josie Prescott's personal life, her...
Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg
While I thought Bone Canyon, the second Eve Ronin novel was terrific, I'll admit Gated Prey dragged for me. This isn't the fault of author Lee Goldberg. Eve Ronin and her partner, Duncan Pavone, investigate two messy cases, and I really only found one of them...