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
Dangerous Consequences by Claire Booth
Claire Booth’s Sheriff Hank Worth mysteries just continue to get better. Dangerous Consequences, the fifth in the series, can be read without having read previous books. However, there are several continuing storylines, including one I wasn’t familiar...
Contest Winners
Just a short note to congratulate the winners of the last contest. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections will go to Bonnie P. in Palo Alto, CA. Liz V. from Annapolis, MD won Long Overdue at the Lakeside Library. The next contest will kick off on...
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
If you enjoyed Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, you’ll want to try Robert Thorogood’s The Marlow Murder Club. They’re nothing at all alike. The connection comes with the amateur sleuths who are often overlooked by other people. Then...