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
Desperate Spies by Mark de Castrique
Remember when I complained about Richard Osman's The Impossible Fortune because it had too much cryptocurrency in it? I just finished Mark de Castrique's mystery, Desperate Spies. It contains discussions of the impact of quantum computing on the country, and the...
What Are You Reading?
It's been a good week, quiet with no appointments. Yay! We did have snow on Monday. Bah, humbug. I know others love snow, but I don't like the cold, snow, and ice. I'm just glad I'm retired now and don't have to worry about driving to work. And, I don't have to go...
The Deepest Cut by P.J. Tracy
It's been six years since P.J. Tracy's last Monkeewrench novel, Ice Cold Heart. Yet when I started The Deepest Cut, I was sucked right back into the Minnesota world of Monkeewrench and the homicide team of Leo Magozzii and his partner Gino Rolseth. It's another...