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
Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander
Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander
I've mentioned before, I have no interest in beer or beer-making, but Ellie Alexander's Sloan Krause mystery series is still interesting and entertaining. Although the fourth in the series, Without a Brew, has some information about craft beer brewing,...
Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich
Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich
I hadn't read one of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books in nine years. Because the book flap teased readers saying, "She could finally be forced to choose between the two most important men in her life, Joe Morelli and Ranger", I was hopeful for Fortune...