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
Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola Maye Goldberg
Nothing Can Hurt You is a literary novel, a debut by Nicola Maye Goldberg. And, let's face it. Even with the subject, the impact a young woman's murder has on other women, a literary novel is not usually my preferred reading. I received this book to review for a...
Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
If I haven't read all thirty Krewe of Hunters books by Heather Graham, I'm pretty close. I enjoy all aspects of these books; the paranormal elements, the romance, the FBI agents who can communicate with the dead, the history and the vivid settings. Seeing...
Winners and A Food Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The New Girl will go to Paula M. of Montoursville, PA. Lynn L. from Rio Linda, CA will received The Night Before. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away the first book in two...