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 – Among the Shadows by Bruce Robert Coffin
Today is deadline day for me. I read five books this weekend so I could review them. You'll be reading reviews of the books in December, January, and even February. In the meantime, I picked up one of Kevin R. Tipple's reviews to share with you. I know this series...
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
I have to admit I meant to read the earlier Hawthorne and Horowitz mysteries, The Word is Murder and The Sentence is Death, but I never got around to them. If you're like me, and just want to start with the third in the series, A Line to Kill, you'll be just fine....
In the Crypt with a Candlestick by Daisy Waugh
Great cover. Great title. That's all that's great about Daisy Waugh's In the Crypt with a Candlestick. I thought it was just me, that I didn't get the British sense of humor. But, when I looked up reviews after I finished the book, there were as many one-star...