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
Agatha Award Nominees
Malice Domestic announced the nominees for the 2020 Agatha Awards yesterday. Congratulations to all of the nominees! (Image from Malice Domestic) The 2020 Agatha Award Nominees Best Contemporary Novel Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews (Minotaur)Murder in the...
Winners and Frontier Mysteries
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. An Extravagant Death is going to Larry C. from Newhebron, MS. Dianne C. from Elk Grove Village, IL will receive The Silent Shooter. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to our Thursday book salon, where we all talk about what we've been reading or listening to for the past week. "Book salon". Makes it sound impressive, doesn't it? Actually, it's just my favorite place to hang out and talk with you about books. I hope you...