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
The Secret Gift of Lucia Lemon by Celia Anderson
This is an unusual book for me to review. It's only available on Kindle at the moment, but it's only ninety-nine cents. However, Celia Anderson's The Secret Gift of Lucia Lemon will be released as a paperback in May. It's a beautiful story of a made family. Thank you...
Evil Under the Tuscan Sun by Stephanie Cole
Isn't that an attractive cover for Stephanie Cole's third Tuscan Cook School Mystery? Here's my complaint. That cover has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of Evil Under the Tuscan Sun, just nothing. And, maybe I missed it someplace. The only scene in this book...
Winners & Female Authors
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Karen R. from Katy, TX won Her Name is Knight. Linda L. won The Mitford Vanishing. The books are going out in the mail today. As you can tell, I have a number of mysteries by female writers. Once again, I'm giving...