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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Crime Writer by Vinnie Hansen
Do you read like I do? When I'm loving a book, I can tear through 400 pages in one day, two at the most. When a book is not appealing to me, I slog through it, and it takes me days. I've written Tuesday's review of a book I enjoyed. I loved Jan Karon's My Beloved,...
My Beloved by Jan Karon
It's been eight years since the last book in Jan Karon's Mitford series. I wish I had gone back and read the last one because there were a couple storylines that I don't remember from the previous books. However, My Beloved brings back all the beloved characters,...
The Impossible fortune by Richard Osman
Why is it that when Bitcoin is involved in a mystery, I find it boring? Probably because no financial mystery has interested me since Emma Lathen wrote the Wall Street Mystery series featuring John Putnam Thatcher. And, as much as I like the group from The Thursday...