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. |
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What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
I’m back! I had a wonderful visit with my Mom and sisters, as well as a few other family members. I’ve always referred to my mother’s house as “home”, and one day we talked about that. She has a quilt she made for my grandmother. On...
Double Take by Elizabeth Breck
Double Take by Elizabeth Breck
I know all private investigators in crime fiction have some baggage. But, Elizabeth Breck’s second Madison Kelly mystery, Double Take, piles it on for the PI. Not only does she identify with the woman she’s searching for, but she’s a cancer...
Betrayal on the Bowery by Kate Belli
Betrayal on the Bowery by Kate Belli
As much as I liked Kate Belli’s debut Gilded Gotham mystery, Deception by Gaslight, I did say she was caught up a little too much in details in that first book. I can’t say that about Betrayal on the Bowery. The historical details are still there, but...