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
Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert
Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library mysteries, remains in the book world with the first in her Booklover's B&B Mysteries, Booked for Death. Fans of Ellery Adams' Book Retreat mysteries might want to try this new character-driven cozy....
Deadly Touch by Heather Graham
Although I've read all thirty of Heather Graham's previous Krewe of Hunters books, I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy Deadly Touch. I like the books that are set in historic settings such as Salem or New Orleans or Baltimore. But, I should trust Graham...
Case Pending by Dell Shannon
If you're interested in the history of crime fiction, you can't go wrong with the Library of Congress Crime Classics.The Library of Congress, together with Poisoned Pen Press, and editor/expert Leslie S. Klinger, is publishing books that reflect the history of the...