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
What Are You Reading?
I've been grumpy this week. Fortunately, I vented to a friend, so I don't have to tell you all the reasons I'm out of sorts. But, I'm never out of sorts when we get to talk about books.I hope you're in a better mood than I am, but if you're not, feel free to vent...
Hiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
I have a fellow librarian to thank for the discovery of Nathan Dylan Goodwin's mystery series featuring forensic genealogist Morton Farrier. Hiding the Past will interest fans of genealogical mysteries and those interested in cold cases. The combination of a...
Have You Heard? – Victoria Laurie’s Fated for Felony
Because I have a few things going on right now, Sandie Herron is stepping in with a Have You Heard? post about an audiobook. Victoria Laurie's Fated for Felony is the sixteenth in her Abby Cooper Psychic Eye series. Sandie has listened to or read all of them. Thank...