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
Home Again!
Home Again!
I’m back. But, it’s 8:00 Monday night. I still have a load of wash in the dryer, and I drove 5 hours today, plus the eight hours my sister drove from New York to her place yesterday. That means I’m tired, and I’ll write about my trip for...
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry
While Tamara Berry’s first By the Book mystery, Buried in a Good Book, has a few more body parts than many cozies, it still fits that category. And, thriller writer Tess Harrow, with the multiple guesses as to a killer, is not quite as adept as her...
Sandie’s Corner – Linda Castillo’s Gone Missing
Sandie’s Corner – Linda Castillo’s Gone Missing
I’ll be home again tomorrow, and I actually have one of my own book reviews posted to run on Monday. In the meantime, I’m grateful for everyone who stepped in while I was on vacation; all of you on Thursday, Kevin Tipple, and, today, Sandie Herron....