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
Fogged Off by Wendall Thomas
I'm not even sure I can summarize Wendall Thomas' Fogged Off properly. The third Cyd Redondo mystery is a fast-paced escapade with so many seemingly unrelated incidents that finally fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. And, Cyd. She's a thirty-year-old travel agent...
December Treasures in My Closet
The publishers are finally giving us a break, a month to catch up on all those books from October and November. I think they know we're all a little busy in December, so the list of books isn't quite as long for the December Treasures in My Closet. As always, these...
Many Deadly Returns, edited by Martin Edwards
Many Deadly Returns: 21 Stories Celebrating 21 Years of Murder Squad is one of the best story collections I've read recently. While almost all the stories were good, more than several were excellent. Some were a little creepy, but it does say "deadly" in the title....