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
Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony
Joyce St. Anthony debuts a new series, the Homefront News mysteries, with Front Page Murder. It’s set in May 1942 as the Pennsylvania homefront is still gearing up for World War II. And, women have taken the place of men in some of the jobs in Progress, PA....
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
I didn’t read Trish Doller’s first adult novel, Float Plan. That book introduced Rachel Beck’s sister, Anna. Rachel takes center stage in The Suite Spot. Doller’s acknowledgments say she wanted to write something warm and gentle during...
A Brand New Giveaway
This week, I’m giving away two copies of a brand new book. Erica Ruth Neubauer’s Danger on the Atlantic will be released on March 29. I have two ARCs to give away. In Agatha Award-winning author Erica Neubauer’s third wanderlust-inspiring historical...