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
Stone Certainty by Simon R. Green
The Holy Terrors are back in Simon R. Green's second mystery to feature them, but I found Stone Certainty a little disappointing. There's a line in the book that usually describes Green's books, "Hip-deep in sudden death, with supernatural elements." The deaths...
The Killing Plains by Sherry Rankin
The writing in Sherry Rankin's debut mystery, The Killing Plains, shows why she won the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Debut Dagger Award. Set in Crescent Bluff, West Texas, it's a gritty, atmospheric story. Colly Newland retired from the Houston police...
March Treasures in My Closet
Oh, I think anyone who loves books will be able to find a book in the March Treasures in My Closet. There's a wonderful collection of books coming out in March. We'll jump right in. Let's start with a debut, 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen. On the eve of the Nazi...