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
Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth by Jay Stringer
There's just something about Jay Stringer's fast-paced Marah Chase adventures that appeal to me. If you enjoyed Saturday morning serials or movie adventures, you can pick up just where Stringer's Marah Chase and the Conqueror's Tomb left off. Chase, a...
Outsider by Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder novels create more tension than most books I read. This series is one of my favorite ones, yet I have to pause while I read the books because they're stressful. Outsider, with Kate isolated with just an Amish family and an old...
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. Rosenthal
I may have mentioned this before. When my husband, Jim, died, my mother gave me the best advice I received. She said, "Your life will be different, but it can be just as good." Jason B. Rosenthal came to that realization as well, that life can go on. He writes...