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
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
Every page of Family of Spies is filled with new revelations. I can't even imagine how author Christine Kuehn felt when she uncovered her family history, stories that went back just two generations that she didn't know. However, it took her thirty years to research,...
“The Winter Solstice Gift” by Jenn McKinlay
I missed "The Winter Solstice Gift" by Jenn McKinlay when it came out last month.The short story serves as a bridge between McKinlay's fantasy novel, Witches of Dubious Origin and the November release, Witches of Questionable Intent. Zoe Ziakas is the newest librarian...
The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson
While there were brief moments that reminded me of The Astral Library by Kate Quinn, Meg Anderson's debut novel, The Memory of Borrowed Books is a luminous, lyrical love letter to libraries that broke my heart for the last 20% of the book, but managed to put it...