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
Edgar and Lefty Award Nominees
I was remiss last week, and didn't share the Lefty Award nominees with all of you. Since the 2021 Edgar Award nominees were announced yesterday, I thought I'd share both now. First, here's the press release from Mystery Writers of America about the Edgar nominees....
A Will to Kill by RV Raman
I feel as if I owe RV Raman an apology. If I had read A Will to Kill last year when I actually received it, it probably would have gone on my favorites list for 2020. This mystery, set in India, written by an Indian author, is the closest I've seen any author come...
Cruel as the Grave by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
First, I want to thank one of the readers here. It might have been Jeff? One of you mentioned that Cynthia Harrod-Eagles had a new book coming out in January. I ordered Cruel as the Grave immediately. But, I may have been reading too many mysteries. I hate it when...