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
Have You Heard? William Kent Krueger’s Northwest Angle
William Kent Krueger's Northwest Angle is the eleventh book in his Cork O'Connor series. Thanks to Sandie Herron for stepping in with a review of the audiobook for Have You Heard? Northwest AngleWritten by William Kent KruegerNarrated by Buck SchirnerSeries: Cork...
Dust to Dust by Audrey Keown
Ivy Nichols, first introduced in Audrey Keown's Murder at Hotel 1911, returns in the latest mystery set at the period-themed hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dust to Dust finds another hotel guest murdered, another employee accused, and Ivy looking for answers to...
Winners and a Dark Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Falling is going to Karen M. from San Bruno, CA. Ellen G. from Butler, PA won Hostage. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away "Dark" novels. J.T. Ellison's Her Dark Lies is a gothic...