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
The Bookshop of Second Chances by jackie Fraser
I felt so guilty about The Bookshop of Second Chances that I finally bought my own copy. Because I had so many other books to read, Jackie Fraser's charming debut novel was sitting on a table with a bookmark stuck at chapter four. I finally picked it up again over...
Have You Heard? Dianne Freeman’s A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
I'm slammed this week. I have books to finish for Library Journal's Day of Dialogue so I can send the questions to the four debut authors on the panel. I'm also on deadline for book reviews for them. That means I really appreciate the reviews from Sandie Herron for...
The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon by Marcy McCreary
How do authors handle a police procedural written nowadays? Marcy McCreary's debut, The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon, introduces a fifty-three-year-old police detective who questions her own actions after a shooting. In fact, Detective Susan Ford questions the...