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
The Investigator by John Sandford
The Investigator by John Sandford
If you’ve read John Sandford’s novels about Lucas Davenport, you’ve undoubtedly read about his adopted daughter, Letty. Her experiences as a child are rehashed in The Investigator, so even if you don’t remember her, or never read a Lucas...
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom’s In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss isn’t an easy book to read, and many readers may be uncomfortable with this book. Bloom’s husband, Brian Ameche, had Alzheimer’s, and he made the decision that he didn’t want to live with...
The Kindness of Strangers by Andy Weinberger
The Kindness of Strangers by Andy Weinberger
There’s a melancholy tone of loss in Andy Weinberger’s third Amos Parisman mystery. Even in the first in the series, An Old Man’s Game, Amos complained about his age. He still calls himself the “best Jewish detective in LA”, while...