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 and a Cozier Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Lynn T. from Madison, WI will receive Laying Bones. The Lost are the Last to Die will go to Joan S. of Annapolis, MD. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. How about a little cozier contest this week? I have...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to Thursday and "What Are You Reading?" Let's jump right in today, unless you want to share what's happening in your life. I'm finishing John Sandford's Ocean Prey, a novel that brings Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers together. I prefer the Virgil Flowers...
May Treasures in My Closet
If you thought there were a lot of titles coming out in April, wait until you see the May list! There are a number of beach reads on the May list, so those are added to the mysteries and crime fiction that normally appear here. In fact, a couple of the books I'm...