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
Winners & Sky Thrillers Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bomber's Moon is returning to Vermont, going to Nancy H. from White River Junction, VT. Aubrey H. from Vienna, VA won The Unspoken. The books are going out in the mail tomorrow. Readers might not want to fly again...
What Are You Reading?
Some of us are tucked in at home, avoiding the temperatures in the 90s. Or, at least that's what I'm doing when I'm not at work. What have you been doing this week? And, what are you reading? I'm reading a debut novel that comes out next Tuesday, The Reading List...
Much Ado About Nauticaling by Gabby Allan
This time, when I say Gabby Allan "launches" a new series, it's an appropriate word. Much Ado About Nauticaling is the first Whit and Whiskers mystery, and it's set on Catalina Island off the coast of southern California. There's something refreshing about this...