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
Distractions
Lightning bugs! I turned off my TV over the weekend, and went out in the backyard and watched lightning bugs on Friday night. Or, depending where you are in the country, fireflies. For my friend Rosemary - depending where you are in the U.S., they're either...
The Pact by Linda Castillo
I seldom review books that are only available online or as an audiobook. But, Linda Castillo's next Kate Burkholder novel, Outsider, will be released next month. It's the perfect time to discuss her short mystery, "The Pact". Aaron Kuhns and Kevin Dennison are best...
Friends & Fiction
I want to share a Facebook site with you. It's called Friends & Fiction. Five authors, Mary Kay Andrews, Mary Alice Monroe, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry are the five bestselling authors who put together the site. They also have...