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
Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman
Katharine Schellman's debut historical mystery, The Body in the Garden, was one of my favorite books of 2020. Her second Lily Adler mystery, Silence in the Library, is even better. She manages to include topics of racism, classism, women's independence, and...
Ghost Blows a Kiss by Carolyn Hart
Anyone looking for a template for a traditional mystery could take a lesson or two from a master. Carolyn Hart's Ghost Blows a Kiss is reminiscent of the Agatha Christie novels in which the family of a dying man gather, hoping they are heirs to the fortune. In...
The Parting Glass by Lissa Marie Redmond
Despite allusions to Buffalo Police Detective Lauren Riley's Icelandic adventures in A Full Cold Moon, there's no reason a newcomer to the series can't pick up The Parting Glass. I admit that it's more interesting if you're already familiar with Lauren's tendency...