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
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa
Although the cover of A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa is beautiful, I didn’t sink into this translation from the Korean as I often do with these books. It wasn’t the fault of the translator, Slin Jung. I think it was the presence...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Bitter Fall by Bruce Robert Coffin
I played yesterday, so I appreciate Kevin Tipple’s review of Bitter Fall by Bruce Robert Coffin. Thank you, Kevin! It is October as Bitter Fall: A Detective Justice Novel by Bruce Robert Coffin begins. It is just after midnight on a desolate stretch of Maine...
Twelve Months by Jim Butcher
It’s been five years since Jim Butcher’s last Dresden Files novel. Twelve Months, though, is a long time in Harry Dresden’s world. It hasn’t even been a year since Chicago was destroyed in a war. Harry lost people he loved, and he’s...