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
A Curious Incident by Vicki Delany
While I never had the chance to read about Gemma Doyle's adventures in England in There's a Murder Afoot, I didn't really miss anything by moving straight to the sixth book in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series. A Curious Incident just might be my favorite in...
A Deadly Edition by VicToria Gilbert
When I read last year's Blue Ridge Library mystery by Victoria Gilbert, I had a few issues with the book. The fifth book in the series, A Deadly Edition, made this reader happy that I gave the series one more try. My biggest problem with the previous book is...
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
In 2017, before Kenneth Branagh's version of "Murder on the Orient Express", I reread that book. That's the last time I read one of Agatha Christie's mysteries until I saw a discussion on Twitter of A Murder is Announced. That's when I realized I hadn't ever read...