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
Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell
When I read Paranormal Payback a couple weeks ago, it included a story set in Arcadia Falls by Isla Jewell (Delilah S. Dawson). I enjoyed "A Midsummer Night's Scheming", and didn't even realize at the time that I had Books & Bewitchment at home from the...
Long Weekend
Sometimes, after I finish a good book (The Monk), I have a hard timely settling into the next book, no matter how good it is. Yesterday was one of those days. Nothing fit my mood, and I didn't have a mystery I really wanted to read. I do have some fantasies, so...
The Monk by Tim Sullivan
I bought all the DS George Cross books that had been published by last year before they were released in the U.S. I see Tim Sullivan has a new one coming out this summer. My edition of the fifth in the series, The Monk, is the older edition, but it's just been...