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
Murder in an Orchard Cemetery by Cora Harrison
Cora Harrison's eighth Reverend Mother mystery, Murder in an Orchard Cemetery is a book that fits my taste in Irish history. Admittedly, a lot of people won't find this leisurely paced historical mystery as intriguing as I did. Harrison brings together the three...
The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves
If you missed Ann Cleeves' introduction to Detective Matthew Venn, you really should go back and read The Long Call. His character, background, marriage are all covered in that first book. Matthew's husband, Jonathan, and the Woodyard, a community arts centre, are...
Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
Even the investigations of crimes at New York City building sites are interesting when J.D. Robb writes about them. Forgotten in Death, the 53rd book in the Eve Dallas series is a riveting story that kept me up until I finished it. Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas...