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
M.E. Hilliard, an Author Interview
Yesterday, I reviewed M.E. Hilliard's debut mystery, The Unkindness of Ravens. I'm so pleased to share an interview with you now. Hilliard was kind enough to answer questions for us. Thank you, M.E. M.E., who were you before you turned to a life of crime? In other...
The Unkindness of Ravens by M.E. Hilliard
Anyone who read the girl detectives, Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden, will appreciate the opening of M.E. Hilliard's debut mystery, The Unkindness of Ravens. Hilliard, who went back to school to become a librarian, introduces Greer Hogan, who went back to get a degree...
The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton
Callie Hutton's The Sign of Death picks up exactly where A Study in Murder leaves off. If you haven't read the first one, I definitely recommend it before picking up the second Victorian Book Club mystery. The characters in the humorous historical mystery are...